| A | B |
|---|
| council | An assembly of persons called together for discussion |
| idly | .To pass time without working |
| Antinous | The leader of the suitors and the first slain by Odysseus |
| suitors | A man who is courting a woman |
| brazenly | Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity |
| resorted | To have recourse |
| interprets | To explain the meaning of |
| impending | To be about to occur |
| mock | To treat with ridicule or contempt |
| nursemaid | A woman employed to take care of children |
| Eurycleia | the nurse both of Odysseus and his son Telemachus |
| oarsmen | A man who rows |
| stern | The rear part of a ship or boat |
