The Adventure of Ulysses vocabulary

Smear with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony

• Clean

• Bless

• Anoint

• Wash

Faint from extreme emotion

• stumble
• swoon
• fainting
• collapse

Eat a large amount greedily

• savor
• snack
• nibble
• gorge

An official order issued by a legal authority

• proclamation
• decree
• resolution
• mandate

Having skill in achieving goals by deceit or sneakiness.

• Slyness
• Transparency
• Honesty
• Cunning

A profoundly wise person

• simpleton
• fool
• ignoramus
• sage

Having or showing no skill; clumsy

• inept
• proficient
• adept
• skilled

To pursue someone romantically

• vengeful

• bleat

• perish

• court

Make a wavering cry like that of a goat or sheep

• quack
• moo
• bleat
• baa

A meeting at an agreed upon time and place

• conference
• schedule
• meeting
• rendezvous