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LOTR Chp 7-10
Question | Answer |
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Inferior poetry | doggrel |
disease or illness | malady |
to lessen in intensity | abate |
stopped the flow of blood | staunched |
distored or changed in meaning | garbled |
the stateof senility of mental decay | dotage |
lacking in nobility | ignoble |
a lady's private apartment | bower |
to restrain or confine | trammel |
in a manner expressing depression or discouragement | despondently |
narrow tree-covered valleys | ghylls |
a mock attack; a trick | feint |
fascinated with | enamored |
the state of showing disrespect by excessive boldness | insolence |
honor | surety |
mercy; leniency | clemency |
a floodgate | sluice |
disease or injury that causes plants to die or fail to produce | blight |
the front partof a ship; the bow | prow |
to unwrap and display a banner or flag that has been wrapped around a pole or stick | unfurl |
been sufficient for; met the need | sufficed |
holy; set aside for religious use; greatly respected | hallowed |
one who deserts his sworn duty or allegence | renegade |
unfaithful to a sworn duty; cowardly | recreant |
snatch; gain by force or violence | wrested |
prevent from happening; avoid | averted |