Beowulf -- Vocabulary - Exam Set 1A - Review

v. hold royal office; rule as king or queen

(rule, govern)

• reign

• hoard

• gable

• fiend

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

n. a stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded

(cache, stockpile, reserve)

• hoard

• gable

• fiend

• lament

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

v. satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking; satisfy (a desire)

(satisfy, slake, gratify)

• quench

• affliction

• gleaming

• jutting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

adj. (of a smooth surface) reflecting light, typically from a very clean or polished surface

(shining, shimmering, glittering)

• gleaming

• jutting

• sentinels

• reign

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

v. feel express contempt or derision for; reject (something) in a contemptuous way

(deride, spurn, shun)

• scorn

• moors

• reprisal

• brood

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

n. an act of retaliation; a return

(retaliation, counter, retribution)

• reprisal

• brood

• courtier

• barren

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

v. to be deep in thought; to think over moodily and at length

(worry, dwell, contemplate)

• brood

• courtier

• barren

• bridle

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

n. a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen.

(attendant, companion, adviser)

• courtier

• barren

• bridle

• scabbard

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

adj. empty, unable to produce

(infertile, sterile, desert)

• barren

• bridle

• scabbard

• billowing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

n. a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles.

(shackles, chains, bonds)

• fetters

• prosperity

• flourishing

• exulting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4