Hobbit Ch 5 & 6 Vocab

Shine erratically; twinkle; dim or unsteady

• glimmer

• subterranean

• wits

• menace

situated below the surface of the Earth; underground

• glimmer

• wits

• subterranean

• smite

keen, perceptive mind, the ability to think and reason, good sense

• venture

• menace

• smite

• wits

a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger

• menace

• abominable

• benighted

• proverb

to strike or hit hard with a weapon, hand; hit with emotion or idea

• glimmer

• smite

• venture

• keen

to expose to danger; to dare; risky undertaking

• wits

• smite

• pinnacle

• venture

a man's body garment, like a vest, often quilted and embroidered

• abominable

• pinnacle

• waistcoat

• wits

horrible or very unpleasant; disagreeable

• glimmer

• abominable

• keen

• menace

being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened

• keen

• benighted

• wits

• menace

more intense; strongly felt or perceived

• wits

• proverb

• smite

• keen