VOCABULARY - The Odyssey
Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the
sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean in the space provided.
Books I and II
1. "...tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending"
2. "...after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy"
3. "...that point of time ordained for him to make his voyage home..."
4. "But not by will nor by valor could he save them..."
5. "...I should take steps to make these men disperse."
6. "...He found the criers with clarion voices..."
7. "...and no one had the audacity to answer harshly..."
8. "They(the eagles) wheeled,...wielding their talons, tearing cheeks and throats..."
9. "...and he, the great tactician, joined the rest."
10. "..The double doors were...guarded by Peisinor, in all her duty vigilant and shrewd."
Odyssey Vocabulary Worksheet Books I-II Continued
Part II: Determining the Meaning
Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.
___ 1. contending A. prearranged, predestined
___ 2. plundered B. scattered in various directions
___ 3. ordained C. handling a weapon or tool
___ 4. valor D. boldness or daring
___ 5. dispersed E. striving in battle or controversy
___ 6. clarion F. watchfulness
___ 7. audacity G. courage and boldness
___ 8. wielding H. a person skilled in maneuvering
___ 9. tactician I. shrill and clear
___ 10. vigilance J. robbed of goods by force
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Odyssey-Vocabulary Worksheet Books VII - VIII
Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the
sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean in the space provided.
1 "...so I turned back and came to a river, to auspicious water..."
2. "...a kingly bed, with purple rugs..and fleecy coverlets in an eastern colonnade."
3. "...learn about the stranger...a comely man: the gods' own light is on him."
4. "She put him in a fettle to win the day."
5. "Neck like a bollard, strong as a bull he seems."
6. "Od, the canniest of men, replied:"
7. "Now Seareach put his word, and contentiously:"
8. "You'd have us note the prowess that is in you."
9. "We have our skills...not in the boxing ring nor the palestra conspicuous..."
10. "They sat nearby with long drawn out and hapless argument.
Odyssey-Vocabulary Worksheet Books VII - VIII Continued
Part II: Determining the Meaning
Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.
___ 1. auspicious A. a thick post on ship, used for securing ropes
___ 2. colonnade B. attended to by favorable circumstances
___ 3. comely C. quarrelsome
___ 4. fettle D. a public place for training and practicing athletics
___ 5. bollard E. a series of column placed at regular intervals
___ 6. canniest F. luckless, unfortunate
___ 7. contentiously G. proper or sound condition; good spirits
___ 8. prowess H. superior skill or ability
___ 9. palestra I. shrewd; attentive to all factors
___ 10. hapless J. attractive, handsome, graceful