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Beowulf Vocabulary Part 1 2024

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

talk proudly about what you can do or what you own in order to impress people

a)

descended

b)

rigid

c)

boast

d)

loft

2.

brag; show off

a)

relent

b)

sympathy

c)

humble

d)

boast

3.
to get rid of
a)
gorge
b)
purge
c)
talon
d)
taut
4.
to enjoy or look forward to
a)
pilgrimage
b)
lament
c)
relish
d)
livid
5.
disgusting
a)
loathsome
b)
livid
c)
cowering
d)
talon
6.
twisting and turning in pain
a)
cowering
b)
writhing
c)
lamenting
d)
affliction
7.

Beowulf's main goal was to ____________________ Herot of Grendel's terror.

a)

gorge

b)

loathsome

c)

purge

d)

talon

8.

Beowulf told stories of the ____________________ sight of Grendel's Mother's lair.

a)

livid

b)

loathsome

c)

affliction

d)

gorge

9.

laud

a)

to improve

b)

to praise

c)

permanent

d)

fraud

10.

The purpose of the awards is to __________ students for their academic excellence.

a)

ardent

b)

laud

c)

erudite

d)

ardent

11.

plunder

a)

the violent and dishonest acquisition of property

b)

very careful and precise

c)

shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments

d)

to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction

12.

In the Old West, rustlers ______ ranches and farms for cattle and horses.

a)

plundered

b)

vaunted

13.

Which vocabulary term is synonymous with expertise and aptitude?

a)

prowess

b)

vengeance

c)

vigilance

d)

infamous

14.
a)

jaded

b)

cabal

c)

prowess

d)

amenable

15.

What term is being described in this picture?

a)

sought

b)

relish

c)

groped

16.

Fill in the blank: The company should owe a (a)   for firing me because now I have no income.

17.

A mending or repair. A making up or payment for a wrong or damage done, especially in the case of international war

a)

reparation

b)

smattering

c)

malign

d)

rampant

18.

relief from grief or anxiety; state of comfort

a)

humanity

b)

mendicant

c)

perturbation

d)

solace

19.

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.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

20.

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!"

a)

unsuccessful

b)

twisting, squirming in pain

c)

running away terrified

d)

hapless, hopeless, joyless