Beowulf Vocab

Lament

• An expression of grief or sorrow

• To take pleasure in; like; enjoy

• A state of pain, distress, or grief; misery

• To get rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

Relish

• To get rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

• An expression of grief or sorrow

• To take pleasure in; like; enjoy

• A state of pain, distress, or grief; misery

Affliction

• To get rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

• A state of pain, distress, or grief; misery

• To take pleasure in; like; enjoy

• An expression of grief or sorrow

Purge

• To get rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

• To take pleasure in; like; enjoy

• An expression of grief or sorrow

• A state of pain, distress, or grief; misery

gorge

• Having an extremely bad reputation

• To stuff with food

• A claw, especially of a bird of prey

• Twisting about or squirming, as from pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion

Talon

• To stuff with food

• Having an extremely bad reputation

• Twisting about or squirming, as from pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion

• A claw, especially of a bird of prey

Infamous

• Twisting about or squirming, as from pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion

• A claw, especially of a bird of prey

• To stuff with food

• Having an extremely bad reputation

Writhing

• To stuff with food

• Twisting about or squirming, as from pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion

• A claw, especially of a bird of prey

• Having an extremely bad reputation

Cowering

• To crouch down in fear

• dark , gloomy, and cheerless

• A journey, especially a long one, ,made to same sacred place as an act of religious devotion

• Tightly draw; tense; not slack

Taut

• A journey, especially a long one, ,made to same sacred place as an act of religious devotion

• To crouch down in fear

• Tightly draw; tense; not slack

• dark , gloomy, and cheerless