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The Odyssey Books 18-24 Vocabulary

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Intervene

a)

come between to prevent or alter a result or course of events

b)

an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.

d)

be enough or adequate

2.

Parasite

a)

provide (a house or room) with furniture and fittings

b)

an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.

d)

be enough or adequate

3.

Catastrophe

a)

provide (a house or room) with furniture and fittings

b)

a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap.

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster

d)

be enough or adequate

4.

Suffice

a)

provide (a house or room) with furniture and fittings

b)

a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap.

c)

aggressively greedy or grasping

d)

be enough or adequate

5.

Furnish

a)

provide (a house or room) with furniture and fittings

b)

a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap.

c)

aggressively greedy or grasping

d)

extreme happiness or elation

6.

Tallow

a)

 a woman with questionable morals 

b)

a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap.

c)

aggressively greedy or grasping

d)

extreme happiness or elation

7.

Rapacious

a)

disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals

b)

aggressively greedy or grasping

c)

extreme happiness or elation

d)

a woman with questionable morals

8.

Exult

a)

come between to prevent or alter a result or course of events

b)

extreme happiness or elation

c)

 a woman with questionable morals

d)

disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals

9.

Harlot

a)

a woman with questionable morals

b)

disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals

c)

disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals

d)

an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense

10.

Fumigate

a)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.

b)

disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals

c)

come between to prevent or alter a result or course of events

d)

an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense

11.

begrudge

a)

envy someone's posessions or enjoyment

b)

move out of the way

c)

unable to be moved

d)

ecstatic

12.

alms

a)

feeling guilty

b)

an extension of yourself

c)

money or food given to poor people

d)

supplies for battle

13.

portents

a)

the left or starboard side of a ship

b)

a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen

c)

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness

d)

worn out or ruined because of age or neglect

14.

decrepit

a)

believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.

b)

not able to be believed; unlikely to be true.

c)

worn out or ruined because of age or neglect, elderly

d)

unwilling to work or use energy

15.

peril

a)

quicksand or rocky terrain

b)

showing great care or attention

c)

full of danger or risk

d)

believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.

16.

blunt

a)

sharp around the edges

b)

uncompromisingly forthright; straightforward

c)

studious

d)

unbelievable

17.

pittance

a)

dainty and light

b)

a very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as an allowance or wage

c)

feeling bad for those less fortunate

d)

forcefully expressive