Beowulf Vocabulary Intro

Multiple Choice

Tessa was the girl who left him standing at the _______ once.

• alter

• altar

Multiple Choice

The bride and groom stood in front of the ___________ and exchanged vows.

• altar

• faucet

• walrus

• August

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talk proudly about what you can do or what you own in order to impress people

• descended

• rigid

• boast

• loft

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Poll

Have you ever boasted about something you did well or are good at?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that has about the same meaning as: empty

• rapids

• shimmering

• desire

• deserted

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that best replaces the underlined word in the sentence:

We felt slightly nervous when we entered the old empty theater.

• Dedicated

• Modest

• Reflect

• Deserted

Poll

Have you ever envied someone for something they had or could do?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Dropdown

If I wished I had the new Michael Kors bag my friend does, I​

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her.

Multiple Choice

A feeling of discontent or extreme wanting with regard to another person's advantages, success, or possessions

• envy

• humble

• generous

• omission

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person forced to leave his or her country or home

• Satellite nation

• Containment

• Superpower

• Exile

Multiple Choice

After spilling secrets about the U.S. government spying on people, Edward Snowden spent years living in _______________, unable to go home.

• archaeology

• exerted

• loitering

• exile

Match

Match the following words to their synonyms:

• altar

• boast

• deserted

• exile

• envy

shrine

brag

vacant

banish

jealous

• shrine

• brag

• vacant

• banish

• jealous

Multiple Choice

Definition: a bitter, long-term argument or hostility.

To this day, there is a __________ over who should control the land in the Middle East.

Synonyms: conflict, quarrel

Antonyms: agreement, peace

• hybrid

• flagrant

• impede

• feud

Multiple Choice

Replace the underlined words with a word from the box that means the opposite or almost the opposite. Choose the correct word.

The girls get along well with their friends.

• abominable

• disbelief

• illicit

• reveal

• feud

Multiple Choice

What is a "lair"?

• A place where animals live or villains hide

• A type of musical instrument
• A type of dance
• A fancy type of hat

Multiple Choice

What is the name of Superman's lair?

• The Super Duper Cave

• The NOT Bat Cave

• The Fortress of Solitude

• City of Kandor

Multiple Choice

disgusting

• loathsome
• livid
• cowering
• talon

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highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• loathsome

• menial

• obstinate

• ravenous

Multiple Choice

be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something

• shuffle

• solitude

• aquatic

• lurk

Multiple Choice

The lions ______ in hiding, watching the group of antelopes and trying to get a quick meal.

• bothersome

• orbit

• frayed

• lurk

Multiple Choice

lie in wait or behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

• smarmy
• sallow
• topple
• lurk

Multiple Choice

You could see in her eyes that she relished the cookies her mother made for her.

• enjoy

• hated

• envied

• judged

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of relished?

• To enjoy or take great pleasure in something

• The act of making amends or compensating for a wrong or injury

• Comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

• a force that oppresses or causes suffering

Match

Match the following words to their synonyms:

• feud

• lair

• loathsome

• lurk

• relished

fight

hideout

hateful

skulk

enjoyed

• fight

• hideout

• hateful

• skulk

• enjoyed

Multiple Choice

Synonym for butcher

• slaughter

• enhance

Multiple Choice

Hitler wanted to slaughter or ____________________all the Jews during WW2.

• debate

• foe

• massacre

• acquire

Multiple Choice

What is the best synonym for solace

• peaceful

• comfortable

• peace

Multiple Choice

(n.) comfort, relief; (v.) to comfort, console

• Solace
• Pinnacle
• Supple
• Deft

Multiple Choice

This is the most dangerous part of a hurricane and is the flooding after it..

• tornado

• storm surge

• thunder

• lightning

Multiple Choice

When a man yelled “Fire!” the panicked audience _____ toward the door.

• prowled

• surged

• sulked

• stupefied

Multiple Choice

a pause in fighting, temporary peace

• truce

• treaty

• cessation

• humdrum

Multiple Choice

When we realized that no one was going to win the war, we called a(n) ______ because there was no sense in continuing to fight.

• alight

• trickle

• truce

• dynasty

Multiple Choice

a solemn or sacred promise or pledge

• diversity

• enigma

• queue

• vow

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence.

No matter what it may cost me to carry out, I will never break my sacred (vow, illusion).

• vow

• illusion

Poll

Would you ever break a vow?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Match

Match the following words to their synonyms:

• slaughter

• solace

• surge

• truce

• vow

butchery

comfort

wave

cease-fire

promise

• butchery

• comfort

• wave

• cease-fire

• promise