Saturday, April 20, 2013

Beowulf Vocabulary Quiz


Beowulf Vocabulary Quiz
1.      Anathema
          a.       a small hut or cottage
          b.      one who raids for plunder
          c.       one that is reviled or loathed
          d.      mist or drizzle

2.      Harrow
           a.       delayed, hindered or prevented
           b.      to inflict great torment or stress on
           c.       to utter in a wailing tone
           d.      make appropriate return for (a favor or service); reward

3.      Effulgent
           a.       covered with clotted blood
           b.      marked by shame or disgrace
           c.       lonely and abandoned, esp. through someone’s death or departure
           d.      shining brilliantly

4.      Fettle
          a.       a small hut or cottage
          b.      mist or drizzle
          c.       twilight; dusk
          d.      mental or emotional state; spirits

5.      Reconnoitre
          a.       to make a preliminary inspection of; esp. in order to gather military information
          b.      free from infirmity or illness; sound
          c.       to utter in a wailing tone
          d.      to inflict great torment or stress on

6.      Accoutrement
          a.       one who raids for plunder
          b.      an act of retaliation
          c.       the mouth, stomach, jaws, or gullet of a voracious animal
          d.      An ancillary item of equipment or dress

7.      Offing
          a.       extremely infectious, malignant or poisonous
          b.      free from infirmity or illness; sound
          c.       the part of the sea visible from shore that is very distant
          d.      to insult intentionally

8.      Overweening
          a.       presumptuously arrogant; overbearing
          b.      to satisfy; quench
          c.       lacking importance or worth; trivial
          d.      delayed, hindered or prevented

9.      Ignominious
          a.       lacking importance or worth; trivial
          b.      marked by shame or disgrace
          c.       extremely infectious, malignant or poisonous
          d.      lonely and abandoned, esp. through someone’s death or departure

10.      Sallied
          a.       rushed out or leaped forth suddenly
          b.      make appropriate return for (a favor or service); reward
          c.       to inflict great torment or stress on
          d.      to utter in a wailing tone
















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