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Beowulf Vocab Challenge

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ruin; harm; curse

a)

bane

b)

bereft

c)

screes

d)

maw

2.

bound the arms of

a)

canny

b)

scud

c)

tempered

d)

pinioned

3.

benefits; blessings; favors

a)

gannet

b)

boons

c)

maw

d)

fettle

4.

used to hold money or other valuables

a)

prodigious

b)

fomented

c)

coffer

d)

foiled

5.

run or move swiftly

a)

scud

b)

valorous

c)

foiled

d)

scion

6.

sloping masses of rocky fragments

a)

felicity

b)

pinioned

c)

bane

d)

screes

7.

shrewd and cautious

a)

maw

b)

canny

c)

scion

d)

alacrity

8.

showing wisdom or good judgement

a)

baleful

b)

sage

c)

pinioned

d)

venerable

9.

condition of readiness for action

a)

scion

b)

fettle

c)

rampart

d)

bequeath

10.

large fish-eating sea bird

a)

gannet

b)

maw

c)

boons

d)

coffer

11.

settled safely; hidden

a)

mongering

b)

gannet

c)

canny

d)

ensconced

12.

great happiness

a)

coffer

b)

scud

c)

felicity

d)

maw

13.

causing; trafficking

a)

coffer

b)

bane

c)

mongering

d)

boons

14.

gullet; stomach

a)

rampart

b)

valorous

c)

maw

d)

scion

15.

descendant; heir

a)

scion

b)

fomented

c)

bequeath

d)

sage

16.

prevented from succeeding

a)

bequeath

b)

foiled

c)

pinioned

d)

bereft

17.

embankment

a)

rampart

b)

kennnings

c)

bequeath

d)

scion

18.

brave; courageous

a)

screes

b)

scud

c)

scion

d)

valorous

19.

wonderful, out of the ordinary

a)

baleful

b)

effulgent

c)

gannet

d)

prodigious

20.

to hand down, to give or to leave in a will

a)

bane

b)

tempered

c)

gannet

d)

bequeath