Beowulf SAT Voc. 1

Question 1

Abandoned

Answer 1

Deserted, forsaken

Question 2

Acquiered

Answer 2

Gained by one’s own effort

Question 3

Gracious

Answer 3

Kindness and courtesy

Elegance and good taste

Question 4

Omens

Answer 4

Phenomenal supposed to foreshadow good/evil

Question 5

Fiend

Answer 5

Evil spirit

Question 6

Reprisal

Answer 6

Seizing enemy’s goods for a loss or injury inflicted

Question 7

Feud

Answer 7

Bitter quarrel or dispute

State of conflict

Question 8

Reined

Answer 8

Instrument by which power is exercised

To control them

Question 9

Marsh

Answer 9

Area of soft- wet, low- lying land marked by grassy vegetation and often being a transition between water and land

Question 10

Roused

Answer 10

To evoke from slumber

To evoke anger

Question 11

Relic

Answer 11

Something cherished for its age or historic interest

Question 12

Rank

Answer 12

A relative position in a society

Question 13

Gnaw

Answer 13

To bite, chew on or erode with the teeth

Question 14

Crouched

Answer 14

Press entire body close to the ground with the limbs bent

Question 15

Malice

Answer 15

A desire to harm others or see others suffer

Question 16

Forged

Answer 16

To advance gradually but steadily

Question 17

Murky

Answer 17

Dark, dim, or gloomy