Beowulf Vocab Flashcards

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Beset

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Troubled it threaten persistently

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Asunder

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Apart; divided

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Belittle

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Make or seem unimportant

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Behest

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To ask someone to do something

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Withstand

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Remain undamaged or affected by

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Wane

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Have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size

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Hireling

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Someone you hire

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Behoove

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Duty or responsibility for someone to do something

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Not withstand

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in spite of

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Cumbersome

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Large or heavy and therefor difficult to carry or use

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Meddlesome

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Found of interfering

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Martyrdom

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The death or suffering of a martyr

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Lagments

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Cries of grief

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Reparation

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Payment to compensate for wrongdoing

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Solace

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Peace

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Vexed

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Highly annoyed

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Reprisal

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Punishment in return for an injury

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Taut

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Stretched tight

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Sinews

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Tendons or connective tissues

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Murky

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Shadowy

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Pilgrimage

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Journey made to a place of religious or historical interest

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Loathsome

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Disgusting