#3 vocab quiz The Iliad

Jane uses ______ to persuade Victor to speak to Ian for her.

• bauldric
• baldric
• flattary
• flattery

Was he mocking her, or did he think she was dumb enough to believe his outrageous ________?

• ciurass
• cuirass
• flattary
• flattery

The lumberjack intended to ______ the large sycamore tree.

• lume
• loom
• fell
• fail

He took off the _______ to rest, was unaware when the troops made their way into the city, and he was slain.

• brandash
• brandish
• ciurass
• cuirass

St. Theodore is depicted wearing a _______ interlaced with belts.

• ciurass
• cuirass
• taut
• taunt

The storm clouds ______ in the distance, promising a thunderstorm any minute.

• loom
• lume
• heed
• hede

The shadow of Zeus will often _________ and scare mortals of Earth.

• tiol
• toil
• lume
• loom

Arnie clutched at her bloodied hand, too maddened to _______ his danger.

• hede
• heed
• brandish
• brandash

The storm caused the waves to ______ and churn the surf.

• fail
• fell
• roil
• riol

Now that the storm had passed, her ______ muscles relaxed and she felt weak.

• tiol
• toil
• taunt
• taut