Beowulf Vocabulary

(noun) a force that oppresses or causes suffering.

• affliction

• gorge

• infamous

• lair

Tags

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(verb) to stuff with food; glut

• purge

• gorge

• lair

• livid

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

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(adjective) having a very bad reputation

• loathsome

• purge

• infamous

• purge

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

(noun) the den or resting place of a wild animal

• talon

• gorge

• livid

• lair

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

(adjective) discolored from being bruised

• livid

• loathsome

• infamous

• affliction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

(adjective) disgusting

• purge

• livid

• loathsome

• affliction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

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(verb) to cleanse or rid of something undesirable

• lair

• livid

• purge

• talon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

(noun) a claw

• infamous

• talon

• gorge

• affliction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Beowulf swam down to Grendel's _______________ to battle with Grendel's mother.

• lair

• loathsome

• purge

• talon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

When Beowulf hung Grendel's arm from the rafters, the warriors knew that Grendel's shoulder must be ____________________.

• livid

• affliction

• gorge

• lair

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4