Beowulf Vocabulary Ch' 1

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Beowulf VocabularyCh. 1 2

• Stride v. to take long steps n. a long step
• Flicker v. to shine or burn with a unsteady
  light or flame
• Fierce adj. savagely cruel and wild
• Sentinel n. one who guards against the approach
  of enemies
• Conscience n. the moral sense which tells right
  from wrong

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Beowulf VocabularyCh. 1 2

• Lurked v. to wait out of sight to be hidden
• Fracture n. a break v. to break
• Shrieked v. to cry out in a shrill and piercing
  tone
• Dutifully adv. acting with a sense of
  responsibility
• Waveringly adv. moving back and forth

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Beowulf Vocab Test Ch. 1 2

• Conscience
• Stride
• Fracture
• Dutifully
• Fierce

• Flicker
• Lurked
• Waveringly
• Sentinel
• Shrieked

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Beowulf VocabularyChapters 3 4

• Culprits n., guilty people
• Hovered v., settled over
• Malicious adj., action done with evil intent
• Vengeance n., injury done to get back for injury
  received
• Hurling v., to throw with violence

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Beowulf VocabularyChapters 3 4

• Fiend n., an evil person
• Seizing v., to take by force
• Brazenly adv., actions done shamelessly
• Resigned v., to give up
• Wheeling v., to turn or change direction

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Beowulf Test Ch. 3 4

• Hovered
• Malicious
• Hurling
• Brazenly
• Fiend

• Vengeance
• Fierce
• Lurked
• Shrieked
• Stride

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Beowulf VocabularyChapters 5 6

• Determination n. great firmness to carry out a
  purpose/task
• Insinuated v., to suggest in an indirect way
• Incomprehensible adj., beyond belief
• Restraint n., holding back from action or motion
• relentlessly adv., having no pity

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Beowulf VocabularyChapters 5 6

• Apprehensive adj., being fearful of what will
  happen
• Malignant adj., tending to cause death
• Groped v., to feel about in the dark
• Bellowed v., to shout loudly
• Relinquished v., to give up claim to

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Beowulf Vocab Test Ch. 5 6

• Incomprehensible
• Fierce
• Flickered
• Brazenly
• Culprits

• Groped
• Bellowed
• Relinquish
• Insinuated
• Apprehensive

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Beowulf VocabularyChapter 7 8

• Pandemonium n., Place of wild disorder or
  lawless confusion.
• Skulked v., To hide or lurk in a cowardly way.
• Exultation n., Great rejoicing, triumph.
• Murky adj., Not clear.
• Impish adj., mischievous.

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Beowulf VocabularyChapter 7 8

• Loathsome adj.,making one feel sick disgusting
• Balefuladj.,1.full of hurtful or deadly
  influencedistructive.2.full of misfortune
  disastrous
• Illuminationn.,1. to make bright 2. making clear
  3.
• Unwarrantable adj.,not justifiable or
  defensible improper. not wary not cautious.
• Sly adj.,able to fool , trick or deceive.

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Chapter 7-8 cont.

• Collided v, come violently into another-crash
• Debris n, remains of anything broken down or
  destroyed
• Treacherous not to be trusted disloyal false
  appearance of strength
• Spoor n, trail of a wild animal (spore)
• Keenly adv, sharp, strongable to perceive
  well..(keen mind, sense of smell)

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Beowulf VocabularyChapters 9 10

• Desolate adj., having little or no plant life
• Subtle adj., not immediately obvious
• Plunged v., to throw oneself suddenly into a
  body of water
• Quivered v., to shake with a slight trembling
  motion
• Succumbed v., to give into

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Beowulf VocabularyChapters 9 10

• Intangible adj., incapable of being touched
• Insistent adj., demanding attention
• Coaxing v., to persuade by gently urging
• Ceased v., to bring to an end stop

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Vocab. Test Ch. 9 10

• Plunged
• Quivered
• Ceased
• Insistent
• Desolate

• Subtle
• Fracture
• Relinquish
• Determination
• Malicious

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Beowulf VocabularyChapters 13 14

• Ambitious adj., eager to succeed
• Hesitated v., to be slow to act
• Unfortunate adj., having undeserved bad luck
• Ambush n., a surprise attack
• Sanctuary n., a place of protection

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Beowulf VocabularyChapters 13 14

• Reluctant adj., unwilling
• Sober adj., serious
• Ventured v., to take a risk
• Strewn v., to spread here and there

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Words to study for Final

• Chapters 5-6
• restraint
• malignant
• bellowed
• incomprehensible
• Chapters 9-10
• subtle
• succumbed
• insistent
• coaxing

• Chapters 1 -2
• stride
• shrieked
• lurked
• flickered
• Chapters 3-4
• hovered
• hurling
• wheeling
• malicious

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Words to study for Final

• Chapters 13-14
• strewn
• reluctant
• hesitated
• ambush

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Beowulf Vocabulary Final

• Stride
• Shrieked
• Hovered
• Malicious
• Restraint

• Bellowed
• Succumbed
• Coaxing
• Strewn
• Reluctant