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Beowulf & Grendel Vocab
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1. artful
Part of Speech and Definition
Your Sentence
Herot trembled, wonderfully Built to
withstand the blows, the struggling Great
bodies beating at its beautiful walls;
Shaped and fastened with iron, inside And
out, artfully worked…” (452-56).
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ADJ. Skillful, clever, tricky
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2. bolt
Part of Speech and Definition
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He came to… Drank the blood from
his veins and bolted Him down, hands
and feet… (422-24).
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V. To fasten (something) with a
metal pin or bar
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3. fret
Part of Speech and Definition
V. To worry or be annoyed
Your Sentence
No, I expect no Danes Will fret
about sewing our shrouds, if he
wins (184-85).
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4. furrow
Part of Speech and Definition
Your Sentence
I bought the end of Edgetho's
Quarrel, sent ancient treasures
through the ocean's Furrows to the
Wulfings (204-06).
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N. Wrinkles or grooves
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5. grate
Part of Speech and Definition
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Its benches rattled, fell To the
floor, gold-covered boards grating
As Grendel and Beowulf battled
across them (457-59).
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V. To cause irritation
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6. hack
Part of Speech and Definition
N. One who forfeits professional
integrity in exchange for money or
reward
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But fate let me Find its heart with
my sword, hack myself Free…
(288-90).
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7. hoary
Part of Speech and Definition
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A call so loud and clear that it
reached through The hoary rock…
(702-03).
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ADJ. White with age
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8. infamous
Part of Speech and Definition
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The infamous killer fought For his
freedom… (444-45).
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ADJ. Having a reputation of the
worst kind, vicious, notoriously
bad
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9. lament
Part of Speech and Definition
V. To mourn or to express sorrow
in a demonstrative manner
Your Sentence
…and in that gray morning Broke
their long feast with tears and
laments For the dead (42-44).
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10. loathe
Part of Speech and Definition
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…running to his loathsome moor
With another such sickening meal
waiting In his pouch (658-60).
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V. To detest
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11. quench
Part of Speech and Definition
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…No savage assault quench his
lust For evil (52-53).
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V. To extinguish, to put out; to
relieve with liquid
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12. relish
Part of Speech and Definition
V. To take great pleasure or
delight in
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…how Grendel's hatred began,
How the monster relished his
savage war On the Danes (66-68).
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13. reprise
Part of Speech and Definition
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But he's learned th t terror is his
alone, Discovered he can come for
your people with no fear Of
reprisal… (328-30).
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N. A recurrence, renewal, or
resumption of an action
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14. solace
Part of Speech and Definition
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Beware, those who are thrust into
danger, Clutched at by trouble, yet
can carry no solace In their
hearts… (99-101).
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V. To comfort or to cheer
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15. utter
Part of Speech and Definition
V. To express by speaking
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And Wiglaf, his heart heavy,
uttered The kind of words his
comrades deserved… (761-62).
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16. vexed
Part of Speech and Definition
Your Sentence
Unferth spoke… spoke harshly And sharp (vexed
by Beowulf s adventure, By their visitor's
courage, and angry that anyone In Denmark or
anywhere on earth had ever Acquired glory and
fame greater Than his own)… (233-39).
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ADJ. Annoyed, frustrated, or
worried
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17. docile
Part of Speech and Definition
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His hindparts shiver with the usual joyful,
mindless ache to mount whatever happens
near--the storm piling up black towers to the
west, some rotting, docile stump, some
spraddle-legged ewe (9).
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ADJ. Ready to accept control or
instruction; submissive
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18. sycophant
Part of Speech and Definition
N. A self-seeking, servile flatterer
Your Sentence
"No offense," I say, with a
terrible, sycophantish smile, and tip
an imaginary hat (7).
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19. putrid
Part of Speech and Definition
Your Sentence
"Why do we stand this putrid,
stinking hole?" (11).
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ADJ. Decayed with usually a very
disgusting smell; unpleasant,
repulsive
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20. surmount
Part of Speech and Definition
Your Sentence
The dogs fall silent at the edge of my spell,
and where the king's hall surmounts the
town, the blind old Shaper, harp clutched
tight to his fragile chest, stares futilely
down, straight at me (13).
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V. To be placed on top of; to
overcome (a difficulty or obstacle)
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21. futile
Part of Speech and Definition
ADJ. Having no result or effect;
pointless or useless
Your Sentence
…the blind old Shaper, harp clutched
tight to his fragile chest, stares
futilely down, straight at me (13).
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22. degenerate
Part of Speech and Definition
Your Sentence
Rushing, degenerate mutter of noises
I send out before me wherever I
creep, like a dragon burning his way
through vines and fog (15).
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ADJ. Having lost the physical,
mental, or moral qualities
considered normal and desirable;
showing evidence of decline
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23. ardent
Part of Speech and Definition
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Or so I ardently, desperately affirmed
(17).
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ADJ. Having or showing strong
feelings; enthusiastic, passionate
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24. enmity
Part of Speech and Definition
N. A feeling or condition of
hostility; hatred; ill will
Your Sentence
I understood that the world was
nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual,
brute enmity on which we stupidly
impose our hopes and fears (22).
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25. anarchy
Part of Speech and Definition
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I grew limp with my anarchistic
laughter (22).
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N. A state of disorder due to
absence or non-recognition of
authority
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26. pungent
Part of Speech and Definition
ADJ. Having a sharply strong taste
or smell
Your Sentence
There was a smell, a fire very
different from ours, pungent, painful
as thistles to the nose (23).
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