Week 4- Vocabulary Lesson 2

Bertha, a Hungarian princess, was betrayed by her lady-in-waiting and left alone in the forest. Hungry, cold, and exhausted, she found that her thoughts began to ...... back to her family and homeland.

• Meander

• Havoc

• Hideous

• Fervent

When night fell, she was surrounded by a pack of wolves with wild, angry eyes and ....... fangs

• fervent

• hideous

• meander

• inflammation

Bertha is not a typical ....... epic hero. Instead, she is the strong but gentle hero of medieval French legend called Berthe aux grands pieds (literally, “Bertha with the large feet”).

• recede

• havoc

• inflammation

• belligerent

Bertha found her way to a small cottage. The family who lived there took her un, fed her, and took care of the scrapes, cuts, and minor ........she has as a result of her struggles in the forest.

• recede

• inflammations

• meander

• dexterity

Bertha decided that she would not ........her true identity as the daughter of the kind and queen of Hungary and the rightful queen of France.

• inflammation

• manifest

• meander

• belligerent

Bertha lived happily in the forest, but her family and her responsibilities as the rightful queen did not .......from her memory.

• recede

• manifest

• meander

• fervent

The .......wish of the queen of Hungary was to find her missing daughter.

• inflammation

• meander

• dexterity

• fervent

When Pepin discovered that he had been tricked by Bertha’s lady-in-waiting, he was furious. His rage caused much .......and confusion in the palace.

• dexterity

• inflammation

• havoc

• meander

When Bertha was finally reunited with her husband, King Pepin of France, he used his .......in the arts to design a coat of arms for the family who had taken care of Bertha.

• manifest

• dexterity

• recede

• belligerence

Bertha was such a kind soul that she might have been able to ...... all the thoughts of revenge against her lady-in-waiting from her mind. Pepin, however, was not quite so forgiving

• eradicate

• manifest

• meander

• recede