1.WORD –ArdorPOS – N MOD: “The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen, and I tried to say ‘Untie me!’ to the crew…” Definition – passion; intensity of emotion; enthusiasm

2. WORD –TumultPOS –N MOD-“But scarcely had that island faded in blue air when I saw smoke and white water, with sound of waves in tumult— a sound the men heard, and it terrified them.” Definition –commotion; uproar

3. WORD –PerilPOS – N MOD – “Now I say by hook or crook this peril too shall be something that we remember.” Definition -danger; risk; something that may cause injury or destruction

4. WORD –InsidiousPOS – ADJ MOD – “Now on the shore Eurylochus made his insidious plea: ‘Comrades,’ he said, ‘You’ve gone through everything; listen to what I say.’” Definition -sly or deceitful; intended to entrap; seductive

5. WOD –Adorn POS – V MOD -“…We’ll build a costly temple and adorn it with every beauty for the Lord of Noon.” Definition – to decorate; add beauty, honor, or distinction to

6. WOD –MandatePOS – N MOD – “The strong god glittering left her as he spoke, and now her ladyship, having given heed to Zeus’s mandate, went to find Odysseus in his stone seat to seaward—tear on tear brimming his eyes.” Definition – a command; an order; a decree

7. WOD - EntreatPOS – V MOD – “We would entreat you, great Sir, have a care for the gods’ courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest.” Definition -to ask; to beg

8. WORD –AppalledPOS – ADJ MOD– “We cried aloud, lifting our hands to Zeus, powerless, looking on at this, appalled; but Cyclops went on filling up his belly with manflesh…” Definition -to be filled with disgust or horror for something

9. WORD –CordialPOS - ADJ MOD-“Three bowls I brought him, and he poured them down. I saw the fuddle and flush come over him,then I sang out in cordial tones …” Definition -hearty; warm; sincere; friendly

10. WORD –AssuagePOS – V MOD- “ Thus to assuage the nations of the dead I pledged these rites, then slashed the lamb and ewe, letting their black blood stream into the well pit.” Definition – to calm; to soothe; to comfort

11. WORD –CompelPOS – V MOD –“Though he fought shy of her and her desire, he lay with her each night, for she compelled him.” Definition – to force

12. WORD –ImplacablePOS – ADJ MOD – “The god who thunders on the land prepares it, not to be shaken from your track, implacable, in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded.” Definition- incapable of being assuaged, pacified, or satisfied

13. WORD –RancorPOS – N MOD – “The god who thunders on the land prepares it,not to be shaken from your track, implacable, in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded.” Definition –deep-seated hatred or ill-will

14. WORD –Bereft POS – ADJ MOD –Though you survive alone, bereft of all companions, lost for years, under strange sail shall you come home, to find your own house filled with trouble: insolent men eating your livestock as they court your lady.” Definition –deprived of or lacking something

15. WORD –InsolentPOS – ADJ MOD – “Though you survive alone, bereft of all companions, lost for years, under strange sail shall you come home, to find your own house filled with trouble: insolent men eating your livestock as they court your lady.” Definition-disrespectfully arrogant; rude