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The Odyssey Vocabulary, Books 1, 2, 5 & 6

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of beguile?

a)

To charm or enchant (in a negative way)

b)

To fight

c)

To amuse

d)

To produce

2.

What is the meaning of nymph?

a)

A mythological figure with magical powers, like Calypso

b)

A great goddess, like Athena

c)

A pretty mortal, like Nausicaa or Helen

d)

A good queen, like Penelope

3.

What is the meaning of rouse?

a)

To awaken

b)

To enchant

c)

To put to sleep

d)

To stupefy

4.

What is the meaning of dejected?

a)

Delicious

b)

Defeated

c)

Delighted

d)

Desperate

5.

What is the meaning of deferential?

a)

To be devious (sneaky)

b)

To wait until later

c)

To show respect

d)

To take over a small kingdom

6.

Pick the lyre

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

What is the meaning of sullen?

a)

Suspicious

b)

Snow that has frozen over more than once

c)

Slow, dim witted

d)

Bad tempered, gloomy

8.

What is the meaning of 'in media res'?

a)

To find the correct aperture

b)

To start in the middle

c)

To orson

d)

To repeat

9.

What is the definition of an epithet?

a)

A descriptive phrase that follows a name

b)

A type of poem

c)

A type of potato

d)

It's like a simile, but it's not, you know?

10.

Which of these is a libation?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Which of these images could be described as verdant?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

What is the meaning of shroud?

a)

The only member of the marsupial family native to North America

b)

A type of high desert land mass

c)

A container for liquids

d)

A cloth that wraps a dead person for burial

13.

What is a portent?

a)

An omen

b)

A sign of a future event

c)

Someone who is full of themself

d)

The side of the ship that isn't starboard

14.

What is the meaning of edict?

a)

A small fish, normally found in salt water

b)

A decree or official order

c)

The latest flavor of La Croix

d)

A type of ivy

15.

What is the meaning of vernal?

a)

Related to spring

b)

Related to fall

c)

Related to winter

d)

Related to the sea side

16.

What is the meaning of glutted?

a)

Overjoyed

b)

Sullen

c)

Filled to excess

d)

Angered

17.

Which of these shows a supplicant?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which of these is a yoke?

a)
b)
c)
19.

What is the meaning of eddy?

a)

A circular movement of water

b)

A wave

c)

A whippet

d)

A calamitous event

20.

What is the meaning of apportion?

a)

To keep for one's self

b)

To divide and allocate

c)

To demonstrate dominance

d)

To depose