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Beowulf Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ancient burial place covered with a large

mound of earth; a hill

a)

mead

b)

loathsome

c)

promontory

d)

barrow

2.

a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act

a)

heathen

b)

lineage

c)

exploit

d)

shroud

3.

to present as a gift; give; confer

a)

bestow

b)

valiant

c)

promontory

d)

lair

4.

vicious, wanton, or mischievous in motivation or

purpose

a)

malicious

b)

heirloom

c)

moor

d)

brood (verb)

5.

to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder

a)

loathsome

b)

mead

c)

brood (verb)

d)

bard

6.

a lake or pond.

a)

valiant

b)

mere (noun)

c)

barrow

d)

reminisce

7.

to cover, envelop, or hide

a)

lair

b)

moor

c)

hoard

d)

shroud

8.

a royal or official messenger; a person or

thing that proclaims or announces

a)

heirloom

b)

herald

c)

heathen

d)

lineage

9.

an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting

honey and water

a)

heirloom

b)

exploit

c)

mead

d)

bard

10.

a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or

other water beyond the line of coast; a headland

a)

promontory

b)

barrow

c)

moor

d)

hoard

11.

the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family

a)

herald

b)

malicious

c)

exploit

d)

lineage

12.

disgusting; revolting; repulsive

a)

promontory

b)

loathsome

c)

herald

d)

valiant

13.

a den or resting place of a wild animal or individual

a)

brood (verb)

b)

mead

c)

valiant

d)

lair

14.

a family possession handed down from generation to

generation.

a)

lair

b)

heirloom

c)

mead

d)

moor

15.

one of an ancient Celtic order of poets who recited verses

about the exploits, often legendary, of their tribes

a)

bard

b)

barrow

c)

shroud

d)

hoard

16.

to recall past experiences, events, etc.

a)

loathsome

b)

reminisce

c)

heathen

d)

herald

17.

boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted

a)

valiant

b)

promontory

c)

malicious

d)

reminisce

18.

a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath,

common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor

a)

bard

b)

moor

c)

mere (noun)

d)

mead

19.

a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully

guarded for preservation, future use, etc.

a)

herald

b)

barrow

c)

hoard

d)

malicious

20.

an unconverted individual of a people that do not

acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is

neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; pagan.

a)

lair

b)

heathen

c)

brood (verb)

d)

mere (noun)