And Then There Were None Vocabulary List
The Odyssey Vocabulary List
Arguments Vocabulary List
Characters to Remember
Literary Terms
100

Define monotonous. 

What is dull, tedious, or boring?

100

Define nectar.

What is the life-giving drink of the gods?

100

Define verify. 

What is to prove the truth of or confirm? 

100

It took him almost 20 years to return home to Ithaca. 

Who is Odysseus? 

100

a comparison that does not use like or as

What is a metaphor? 

200

Define evasive. 

What is tending to avoid commitment, or directed toward avoidance or escape?

200

Define revelry.

What is noisy merrymaking or festivities? 

200

Define proof.

What is evidence sufficient enough to establish a thing as true? 

200

This was the  last character alive on Soldier Island. 

Who is Wargrave?

200

a long narrative poem on a serious subject, presented in an elevated style that traces the adventures of a great hero

What is an epic?

300

Define gait. 

What is a person's manner of walking? 

300

Define restitution. 

What is repayment, or making good for loss or damage? 

300

This is a vocabulary word from list 3 that is a synonym for refute.

What is disprove or invalidate?

300

She turned Odysseus's men into pigs.

Who is Circe?

300

a figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis

What is hyperbole? 

400
Define incredulous. 

What is disbelieving, skeptical, or suspicious? 

400

Define implacable. 

What is impossible to soothe or unforgiving? 

400

Define substantiate. 

What is to establish by proof or competent evidence? 

400

He was the first to die on Soldier Island.

Who is Anthony Marston? 

400

a character who provides a striking contrast to another character

What is a foil?

500

Define surreptitious. 

What is kept secret? 

500

Define assuage. 

What is to calm or pacify? 

500

Define verisimilitude. 

What is the appearance of truth or resembles the truth? 

500

She was the mother of Telemachus.

Who is Penelope?

500

In drama, this is a speech in which a character speaks thoughts out loud.

What is a soliloquy? 

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