The Odyssey

Rachel L. (United States of America)
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  1. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  2. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  3. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  4. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  5. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  6. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  7. beguiling
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  8. stealth
    the act of moving in a quiet or secretive way to avoid being noticed
  9. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  10. contender
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  11. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  12. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  13. regale
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  14. abominably
    in an offensive and hateful manner
  15. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  16. peril
    a state of danger involving risk
  17. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  18. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  19. quest
    the act of searching for something
  20. commandeer
    take arbitrarily or by force
  21. plunder
    steal goods; take as spoils
  22. gall
    a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  23. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
  24. contemptible
    deserving of scorn or disrespect
  25. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  26. revel
    take delight in
  27. throng
    a large gathering of people
  28. restitution
    the act of restoring something to its original state
  29. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  30. desolation
    sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
Created on Tue Aug 16 07:49:43 EDT 2011 (updated Tue Aug 23 07:43:46 EDT 2011)

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