Beowulf Vocabulary Flashcards
affliction
(n.) misery; a state of pain, distress or grief
cowering
(v.) to crouch as in fear or shame
forged
(v.) to form metal by heating and hammering
gabled
(adj.) covered by the end of a roof
heathen
(n.) an irreligious, uncultured or uncivilized
herald
(n.) royal or official messenger
hoary
(adj.) gray or white with age
lair
(n.) a secluded or hidden place
lament
(v.) to feel/express sorrow or regret for
pilgrimage
(n.) long journey to a sacred place
plundering
(v.) to rob of goods or valuables by force
purge
(v.) to cleanse or purify
reparation
(n.) restoration to good condition
reprisal
(n.) retaliation
sentinel
(n.) a soldier
shroud
(n.) a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped under for burial
sinew
(n.) source of strength, power or vigor
talon
(n.) a claw
courtier
(n.) a royal attendant
writihing
(v.) to squirm or twist the body as if in pain
exalted
(adj.) raised or elevated as in rank of character
niggardly
(adj.) stingy
honed
(v.) to sharpen
livid
(adj.) furiously angry
malice
(n.) desire to inflict harm on another
pyre
(adj.) pile of combustible to burn dead bodies with
reproach
(v.) to blame
unscathed
(adj.) unharmed
supple
(adj.) full or enough
elucidate
(v.) to make clear
ruminative
(v.) to ponder
vex
(v.) to torment or irritate intensely
beacon
(n.) warning signal or light
austere
(adj.) strict; forbidding; stern
