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WorksheetsBeowulf Vocabulary Part 1 2024
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
talk proudly about what you can do or what you own in order to impress people
descended
rigid
boast
loft
brag; show off
relent
sympathy
humble
boast
Beowulf's main goal was to ____________________ Herot of Grendel's terror.
gorge
loathsome
purge
talon
Beowulf told stories of the ____________________ sight of Grendel's Mother's lair.
livid
loathsome
affliction
gorge
laud
to improve
to praise
permanent
fraud
The purpose of the awards is to __________ students for their academic excellence.
ardent
laud
erudite
ardent
plunder
the violent and dishonest acquisition of property
very careful and precise
shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction
In the Old West, rustlers ______ ranches and farms for cattle and horses.
plundered
vaunted
Which vocabulary term is synonymous with expertise and aptitude?
prowess
vengeance
vigilance
infamous
jaded
cabal
prowess
amenable
What term is being described in this picture?
sought
relish
groped
Fill in the blank: The company should owe a (a) for firing me because now I have no income.
A mending or repair. A making up or payment for a wrong or damage done, especially in the case of international war
reparation
smattering
malign
rampant
relief from grief or anxiety; state of comfort
humanity
mendicant
perturbation
solace
Please mark Correct if the underlined vocabulary word is used correctly according to the context of the sentence or Incorrect if the underlined vocabulary word is used incorrectly according to the context of the sentence.
The priest offered solace to the grieving family.
Correct
Incorrect
What does writhing mean in context? "...his claws had been caught, he was trapped. That trip to Herot was a miserable journey for the writhing monster!"
unsuccessful
twisting, squirming in pain
running away terrified
hapless, hopeless, joyless
