Vocabulary

Book I (Book 1)
 * **__ wiles __** : tricks
 * **__ dicing __** : gambling or throwing dice
 * **__ marauding __** : plundering or attacking
 * **__ pensive __** : consumed by thought, brooding

Book V (Book 5)
 * **__ grotto __** : cave-like summer house
 * **__ citadel __** : fortress, city
 * **__ ambrosia __** : the food of the gods
 * **__ halyard __** : a rope for raising and lowering a sail
 * **__ skulduggery __** : sneaky, dishonest behavior
 * **__ tutelary __** : guardian or protective

Book IX (Book 9)
 * **__ combers __** : long curling waves
 * **__ promontory __** : a raised geological formation, cliff, headland, or cape
 * **__ adze __** : an edged tool used to cut and shape wood
 * **__ formidable __** : extremely impressive in strength or excellence

Book X (Book 10)
 * **__ Zephyr __** : the Greek god of the west, a warm westerly wind
 * **__ furrows __** : grooves in the earth made by plows
 * **__ mandrake __** : a plant whose root resembles a human figure and is often used in witchcraft
 * **__ sheathed __** : enclosed in a protective covering
 * **__ pyre __** : wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

Book XI (Book 11)
 * **__ taut __** : pulled or drawn tight
 * **__ stupefied __** : mentally confused, bewildered
 * **__ guile __** : the use of tricks to deceive
 * **__ stalwart __** : hardy, sturdy, strong, robust

Book XII (Book 12)
 * **__ pored __** : directed one’s attention to something, concentrated on something
 * **__ wanton __** : unmotivated, careless
 * **__ gulled __** : made a fool of
 * **__ sulfurous __** : stifling, hot, oppressive, yellowish, bad-smelling

Book XVI (Book 16)
 * **__ fawned __** : showed submission or exhibited affection
 * **__ incites __** : provokes, stirs up, instigates, sets off
 * **__ squires __** : a knight’s attendants
 * **__ leagued __** : joined or worked with

Book XVII (Book 17)
 * **__ grub __** : ask for and get for free
 * **__ suckling __** : a young mammal that has not been weaned
 * **__ bludgeon __** : strike with a club
 * **__ vaunts __** : self-praises, boasts

Book XXI (Book 21)
 * **__ dauntless __** : brave, fearless, intrepid
 * **__ brood __** : the offspring of an animal, a group of animals
 * **__ eminent __** : distinguished, important, superior
 * **__ brouhaha __** : an uproar, hubbub, or disturbance
 * **__ evicted __** : expelled from one’s home or property

Book XXII (Book 22)
 * **__ clattering __** : a loud rattling sound of hard things struck together
 * **__ resistless __** : overpowering, unrelenting
 * **__ fanfaronades __** : groundless boasts or braggings
 * **__ exult __** : feel extreme happiness

Book XXIII (Book 23)
 * **__ jubilant __** : rejoicing with delight
 * **__ insolence __** : a rude, disrespectful act
 * **__ Hades __** : the god of the underworld
 * **__ winnowing __** : separating wheat from chaff