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LOTR Chp 7-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |