Chapter 6 Grendel

Question 1

Anarchism(noun)

Answer 1

a political theory that holds all governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocates a society based on the voluntary cooperation of individuals and groups

Question 2

Vassal: (noun)

Answer 2

one in a subservient or subordinate position

Question 3

Hart: (noun)

Answer 3

a male red deer especially over five years old

Question 4

Irascible (adjective)

Answer 4

marked by hot temper and easily aroused anger

Question 5

Chilblain (noun)

Answer 5

an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or hands) to cold

Question 6

Sophism:(noun)

Answer 6

an unsound misleading argument that on the surface seems reasonably

Question 7

Ingenuity (noun)

Answer 7

a skill or cleverness in devising or combining

Question 8

Portnent (noun)

Answer 8

a sign or warning that foreshadows something usually evil

Question 9

Abyss (noun)

Answer 9

an immeasurably deep gulf or great space

Question 10

Simper (verb)

Answer 10

to smile in a silly manner

Question 11

Infinitesimal (adj)

Answer 11

immeasurably or incalculably small

Question 12

Wile (noun)

Answer 12

a trick or stratagem intended to tempt or deceive

Question 13

Hearth: (noun)

Answer 13

a brick or stone, concrete area in front of a fireplace

Question 14

Inchoate (adj)

Answer 14

being recently begun or only partly in existence or operation

Question 15

Debauch: (verb)

Answer 15

to lead away from virtue or morality

Question 16

Rhetoric: (noun)

Answer 16

the art of speaking or writing effectively

Question 17

Brachiate: (verb)

Answer 17

to progress by swinging from one hold to another by the arms

Question 18

Transmogrify (verb)

Answer 18

to change or alter often with grotesque or humorous effect

Question 19

Irony (noun)

Answer 19

the humorous or sardonic use of words to express the opposite of what one really means (as when words of praise are given but blame is intended)

Question 20

Empiricism (noun)

Answer 20

a theory that knowledge originates in experience

Question 21

Machiavellianism:

Answer 21

the political theory of Machiavelli: the view that any means however unscrupulous can justifiably be used in achieving political power

Question 22

Geat (noun)

Answer 22

a member of a Scandinavian people of Southern Sweden to which the legendary hero Beowulf belonged