From Beowulf - Concept Vocabulary

Grendel used to ................. his belly with the bodies of hundreds of Danes in the great hall.

• purge

• prevail

• spawn

• gorge

Every time Grendel returned to his ................ ,he felt delighted with the night’s slaughter dripping blood behind him.

• wrath

• lair

• terror

• talon

Nature had made him mean, the smallpox had made him hideous, and his degraded habits made him ........................

• famous

• livid

• loathsome

• talon

Were you pleased by our rather ............................ discovery?

• gruesome

• livid

• loathsome

• stalked

It seemed to everyone, for an instant, that her hair was filled with ........................ snakes.

• gruesome

• infamous

• writhing

• stalked

They watched, and then ...................... out, furious and frustrated after losing the final match.

• purged

• recounted

• prevailed

• stalked