The Odyssey: Unit Seven

  1. Scour (v) to scrub, wash,/hasten over, searching thoroughly in pursuit
  2. Scourge (n)a cause of a disaster; (v) to whip severely
  3. Seething (v) to get angry to the point of becoming violent
  4. Shirk (v) to go secretly in order to avoid an obligation
  5. Shrewd (adj) clever in practical affairs
  6. Shun (v) to flee from or avoid out of hatred
  7. Sinews(n) tendons taken out of an animal’s body and used for binding
  8. Slake (v)to satisfy (thirst, revenge)
  9. Slander (n) a malicious false statement about someone; (v])to make a malicious and false statement about someone
  10. Sloth (n) laziness
  11. Snide (adj) derogatory, nasty manner
  12. Solace (n) comfort in sorrow
  13. Squalid (adj)repulsive, filthy
  14. Staid (adj) permanent; grave
  15. Stealth (n) the action of stealing or of entering/leaving a place undetected
  16. Succulent (adj) juicy
  17. Suitor (n) a man who courts/woos a woman
  18. Supple (adj) something that is easily bent; flexible
  19. Suppliant (n) applicant, petitioner, or suitor
  20. Thwart (v) to obstruct; to frustrate

Part One

Use the context of the sentence to complete the blanks.

  1. The yeti steak was so xxx that the liquefied fat ran down my chin.
  2. I xxxed my need for revenge by sewing shrimp into the cushions of the couch she took after the divorce.
  3. In order to make my skin xxx, I use shea butter and olive oil.
  4. There is nothing I detest more than xxxing scabs of food off of plates that have been sitting for hours.
  5. My college dorm room was so xxx that I found half of a sandwich and a bag of rotting limes that I had purchased nine months earlier under my bed. I initially thought the limes were kiwis.
  6. Some rumors are founded in truth; some rumors are pure xxx.
  7. I don’t quite understand the cold-cut tray at funerals. Can one truly find xxx in deli ham?
  8. His constant prattling of hateful epithets caused the class to xxx him.
  9. The Ancient Greeks created more power in their weaponry using animal xxx as rubber bands to launch projectiles.
  10. His father was so xxx that Josh could only remember him laughing once or twice in his childhood.
  11. Medieval Jews were often xxxed in public because of their religious beliefs.
  12. Cali was a xxx business woman who helped her company purchase and dismantle two competing companies.
  13. Your efforts to xxx your friends from completing their work only cause you to lose points.
  14. I could tell that he was xxx after their argument because his flaring nostrils and rapid breath.
  15. The xxx approached the judge with the petition.
  16. Kamal’s response was so xxx that Ms. Green slapped him for his insolence.
  17. I was so notorious for my xxx in my teens that my mother gave up asking me to get off the couch.
  18. John tried not to xxx doing his homework, but the movie was too good to stop watching.
  19. It takes great xxx to rob a school of sixteen computers during school hours.
  20. Her xxx would not quit stalking her on Twitter; his compliments were mawkish and annoying.

Part Two

Write a sentence for each word.

Part Three

Match the word to its synonyms.

  1. Scour
  2. Scourge
  3. Seething
  4. Shirk
  5. Shrewd
  6. Shun
  7. Sinews
  8. Slake
  9. Slander
  10. Sloth
  11. Snide
  12. Solace
  13. Squalid
  14. Staid
  15. Stealth
  16. Succulent
  17. Suitor
  18. Supple
  19. Suppliant
  20. Thwart
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  1. brawn, thews, tendon
  2. tricky, artful, cunning
  3. condolence, consolation, pity
  4. defamation, backbiting, disparagement
  5. hinder, counter, impede
  6. abrade, brush, burnish
  7. resilient, lithe, agile
  8. furtiveness, slyness, mystery
  9. mouthwatering, moist, tasty
  10. indolence, inertia, lethargy
  11. dingy, foul, ignoble
  12. beggar, seeker, suitor
  13. boiling, fuming, simmering
  14. admirer, cavalier, paramour
  15. malicious, hurtful, mean
  16. bypass, elude, demur
  17. bane, infliction, punishment
  18. evade, scorn, reject
  19. solemn, serious, calm
  20. suppliant, admirer, beau

Part Four

Create Illustrations for each word.