abominable
3 uses
He dragged off his splendid robes and flung them down as though they were abominations.†
abominations = things that are exceptionally bad or detestable
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)
Definition
Generally abominable means:exceptionally bad or detestable
Word Statistics
| Book | 3 uses |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
abundant
1 use
But on you he will rain down abundance, rare fish and shy wild-fowl, a rich harvest-tide.†
abundance = large amount or quantity
Definition
Generally abundant means:present in great quantity
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 9 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 5 |
abyss
2 uses
These are the measurements of the barque as you shall build her: let her beam equal her length, let her deck be roofed like the vault that covers the abyss; then take up into the; boat the seed of all living creatures.†
abyss = a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen — often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 5 |
banish
1 use
Go now, banished from the shore.†
banished = expelled or gotten rid of
Definition
Generally banish means:to expel or get rid of
in various senses, including:
- to force someone to leave a country as punishment
- to push an idea from the mind
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 9 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 6 |
beseech
2 uses
Grant, I beseech, your protection, and let the omen be good.†
beseech = to ask strongly or beg for something
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 2 |
cultivate
1 use
He was innocent of mankind; he knew nothing of the cultivated land.†
cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
Definition
Generally cultivate means:enhance growth or development
in various senses, including:
- to grow crops or prepare land for them
- enhance a relationship — especially for a purpose
- develop discernment (better recognition of differences) in taste or judgment
- to grow a culture in a petri dish
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 9 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
| 1st use | Book 1 |
deluge
1 use
So Gilgamesh travelled over the wilderness, he wandered over the grasslands, a long journey, in search of Utnapishtim, whom the gods took after the deluge; and they set him to live in the land of Dilmun, in the garden of the sun; and to him alone of men they gave everlasting life.†
deluge = an overwhelming amount; or to overwhelm — especially said of water
Definition
Generally deluge means:a large amount of something — especially water
or:
to overwhelm with a large amount of something — especially water
or:
to overwhelm with a large amount of something — especially water
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 4 |
encompass
1 use
Indeed I know it is so, for whoever is tallest among men cannot reach the heavens, and the greatest cannot encompass the earth.†
encompass = include in scope; or surround
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 2 |
epic
1 use
THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH PROLOGUE.†
epic = an outstanding work of literature or film
Definition
Generally epic means:something that is outstanding — especially a literary work that is long and heroic
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Pro. |
forsake
2 uses
He is the strongest of wild creature: the stuff of Anu; born in the grass-lands and the wild hills reared him; when you see him you will be glad; you will love him as a woman and he will never forsake you.†
forsake = abandon or give up on
Definition
Generally forsake means:to abandon or give up on — such as someone who needs you, or an idea, or a place
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
hideous
2 uses
She said, 'My father, Gilgamesh has heaped insults on me, he has told over all my abominable behaviour, my foul and hideous acts.'†
hideous = extremely ugly, offensive, and/or frightening
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 10 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
incantation
1 use
In the house of dust which I entered were high priests and acolytes, priests of the incantation and of ecstasy, there were servers of the temple, and there was Etana, that king of Kish whom the eagle carried to heaven in the days of old.†
incantation = words believed to have a magical effect when said aloud
Definition
Generally incantation means:words believed to have a magical effect when they are said aloud; or the saying of such words
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
mortal
2 uses
1 —2 uses as in:
mortal body
No mortal man has gone this way before,
mortal = human (especially merely human)
Definition
Generally this sense of mortal means:human (especially merely human); or subject to death
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 7 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 5 |
omen
1 use
Grant, I beseech, your protection, and let the omen be good.†
omen = sign of something about to happen
Definition
Generally omen means:a sign of something about to happen
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 2 |
plunder
1 use
O Gilgamesh, king and conqueror of the dreadful blaze; wild bull who plunders the mountain, who crosses the sea, glory to him, and from the brave the greater glory is Enki's!†
plunders = steals
Definition
Generally plunder means:to steal — often after conquering the location with the goods
or:
the goods stolen
or:
the goods stolen
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 2 |
pyre
1 use
Not yet will my people be desolate, nor the pyre be lit in my house and my dwelling burnt on the fire.†
pyre = a pile of wood or other burnable material
Definition
Generally pyre means:a pile of wood or other burnable material — especially to burn a dead body as in a funeral rite
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 2 |
stupor
1 use
A stupor of despair went up to heaven when the god of the storm turned daylight to darkness, when he smashed the land like a cup.†
stupor = a state in which there is little ability to think
Definition
Generally stupor means:a state in which there is little ability to think — as from being very sleepy, drunk, or stunned
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 5 |
torrent
4 uses
For six days and six nights the winds blew, torrent and tempest and flood overwhelmed the world, tempest and flood raged together like warring hosts.†
torrent = an overwhelming amount — especially of quickly moving water
Word Statistics
| Book | 4 uses |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 5 |
wane
1 use
The heroes, the wise men, like the new moon have their waxing and waning.†
waning = declining or diminishing
Definition
Generally wane means:a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) — especially the part of the moon that is visible
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 7 |
wrath
2 uses
When Enlil had come, when he saw the boat, he was wrath and swelled with anger at the gods, the host of heaven, "Has any of these mortals escaped?†
wrath = extreme anger
Definition
Generally wrath means:extreme anger or angry punishment
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 9 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 5 |