Gilgamesh and Galahad Vocab

Question 1

Immolation

Answer 1

offering or killing made as sacrifice

Question 2

succor

Answer 2

aid or relief

Question 3

somber

Answer 3

gloomy, dark

Question 4

incantation

Answer 4

chant

Question 5

ecstacy

Answer 5

great joy

Question 6

teemed

Answer 6

was full of, swarmed

Question 7

babel

Answer 7

confusion of voices or sounds

Question 8

subsided

Answer 8

settled, lessened, died down

Question 9

execration

Answer 9

cursing, denunciation

Question 10

caulking

Answer 10

stopping up seams or cracks with a sealant

Question 11

nether

Answer 11

below the earth’s surface ; below

Question 12

leagues

Answer 12

units of linear measure

Question 13

libation

Answer 13

liquid poured out as sacrifice to a god

Question 14

precinct

Answer 14

a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes

Question 15

reel

Answer 15

to waver or fall back as from a blow

Question 16

thrall

Answer 16

slavery

Question 17

bounteous

Answer 17

giving or disposed to give freely, liberally bestowed

Question 18

taper

Answer 18

a slender candle

Question 19

mere

Answer 19

an expanse of standing water, lake or pool

Question 20

tempest

Answer 20

a violent storm

Question 21

gilds

Answer 21

to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold

Question 22

muse

Answer 22

to become absorbed in thought

Question 23

copse

Answer 23

a thicket, grove or growth of small trees

Question 24

hostel

Answer 24

an inn for travelers

Question 25

grail

Answer 25

an object difficult to obtain