Beowulf Part 2 Vocabulary

P. 13: 'And mightly burst the bars asunder'. The word 'asunder' means....

p. 13: 'Grendel's mother swiftly, with double spoil, sneaked over the hills to her lair'. In this sentence, the noun 'spoil' is another word for...

On p. 14, the word 'torrents' means...

• strong, fast-moving currents of water

• gentle swirls of water

• waves

on p. 15, 'cloven' means...

• to split

• to split in two

• to split into lots of pieces

Look at this quote from page 16: 'Looping the sluggish wave'. The word 'sluggish' is...

• A verb

• A noun

• An adjective

• An adverb

'Gluttonous' on p. 17 is closest in meaning to...

• greedy

• vain

• hungry

• large

In the first paragraph on p. 18, Beowulf's sword is described as being made of steel that is unable to be beaten. Which specific word means 'unable to be beaten'?

On p. 20, the author writes 'But she, softly keening, brooded upon Grendel'. The word 'keening' means....

• groaning

• crying

• grumbling

• wailing

On page 21, the word 'traversed' is...

• A noun

• A verb

• An adverb

• A preposition

A 'myriad' (p. 22) means... (TICK ALL THAT APPLY)

• a great number

• originally means 10,000

• some

• many