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BEOWULF VOCABULARY
Question | Answer |
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AFFLICTION | cause of pain or distress |
COWERING | cringing in fear |
GORGE | to eat greedily; to fill completely |
INFAMOUS | having a bad reputation; notorious |
LAMENT | expressing grief; to mourn |
LIVID | very angry; enraged |
LOATHSOME | disgusting; awful; offensive |
MEAD | sweet beverage made from water and honey |
MURKY | cloudy |
PILGRIMAGE | journey to sacred place |
PURGE | cleanse; to get rid of |
TALON | claw |
TAUT | pulled tight |
THANE | Anglo-Saxon military man of the king; soldier |
WRITHING | twisting and turning in pain |