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The Hobbit Chapter 1-9 Vocabulary Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| VISAGES | facial expressions |
| OVERCAST | clouds; dark, gloomy |
| ADZES | ax like tool used for shaping wood |
| ARMOR | covering worn as defense against weapons |
| SWUNG | caused to move in different directions |
| RIDGE | a chain of hills or mountains |
| INTERWOVEN | to weave together, close |
| ROBED | clothed with a robe |
| CLOVEN | split or divide by a cutting blow |
| SHOVED | forced along by a push from behind |
| WAISTCOAT | like a vest, an article of clothing worn riding |
| EFFECTS | personal property (ex. weapons) |
| JEST | joke or witty mark |
| WHOLESOME | healthy or sound |
| GLADES | open space in a forest |
| BADE | to have bid or expressed |
| ADJOINING | being in contact at some point or line |
| BRACKETS | shelf |
| BURGLING | to break into and steal from |
| WAYLAID | to come across and attack |
| UNSUSPECTING | trusting |
| VENERABLE | giving respect because of age |
| PERILS | dangers |
| GLIMMER | faint/unsteady light |
| TRAMPING | hiking |
| NIMBLE | quick in movement, with ease |
| ASTRIDE | on both sides of |
| DREARY | dull,sad |
| MOORED | secure |
| SCONE | like a biscuit |
| LARDER | pantry |
| FLUMMOXED | confused |
| VIOL | a bowed instrument, similar to a violin, but not the same |
| HOVER | suspend in the air |
| FELL | to drop suddenly |
| HOARD | a supply that is hidden for future use |
| WROUGHT | effort to accomplish something |
| HILT | handle of a weapon or tool |
| DUNGEONS | chamber to confine prisoners |
| CAVERN | cave, mostly underground |
| GOBLET | drinking glass with a foot and stem |
| DELVE | to dig |
| DALE | broad valley |
| CONSPIRATOR | person who plots |
| AUDACIOUS | extremely bold and daring |
| INGENIOUS | charaterized by cleverness and resoursefullness |
| ESTIMABLE | worthy of esteem |
| PARCHMENT | document on a material |
| INTRICATE | complex |
| OBSTINATE | sticking to one's opinion |
| PRUDENT | careful in providing for the future |
| REMUNERATION | pays |
| REVERENCE | gesture of deep respect |
| APPRENTICE | one who words for a master to learn a trade |
| SINGED | burnt |
| GRIM | fierce, cruel |
| HEIR | inheirits property |
| CANNY | cautious |
| CAVALCADE | processions of people riding horses |
| THROTTLE | choke or suffocate |
| ROW | arranged in a line |
| MUTTON | flesh of sheep |
| INCANTATIONS | recital of verbal charms for a magical effect |
| PROVISIONS | providing or supplying food |
| SCANTY | not adequate |
| ALE | beer |
| EMBER | smoldering remains of a fire |
| REPLENISHING | adding stock or supply |
| DAGGER | short, sword-like weapon |