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Beowulf vocabulary
vocabulary words for beowulf
Term | Definition |
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assurance | guarantee or pledge |
collapse | to break down or fall apart suddenly; cease to function |
conceive | to understand or form in the mind; to devise |
devote | to give one's entire energy or attention to something or someone |
vision | ability to see; insight |
affliction | state of pain, distress, or grief; misery |
taut | tightly drawn; tense; not slack and emotionally or mentally strained or tense |
purge | to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify |
pilgrimage | journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion |
infamous | having an extremely bad reputation |
loathsome | causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive |