The Odyssey Vocabulary

A sudden, violent gust of wind or rain storm

• profusion

• squall

• adversary

• tornado

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

A colleague, partner, mate, or comrade

• companion

• adversary

• nemesis

• correspondent

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way

• squall

• profusion

• perish

• haunt

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

An abundance or large quantity of something

• scarcity

• provision

• ambrosia

• profusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

One's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

• adversary

• companion

• squall

• graphic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The root word, capt, means

• filled to the point of overflowing

• head, chief, or leader

• competitor or challenger

• actualization

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

The root word, graph, refers to

• a math problem

• to jump

• to write

• to engage

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

He fought a duel in which he killed his _______, a rival journalist.

• adversary

• companion

• squall

• profusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The old dog had been her only _______ since her father died.

• profusion

• adversary

• companion

• rival

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Peter decided that he would rather _______ than surrender.

• perish

• concede

• campaign

• manufacture

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5