The Rime of Ancient Mariner

Question 1

Avenge

Answer 1

(v) Inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong-doing to oneself or another).

Question 2

Aver

Answer 2

(v) State or assert to be the case.

Question 3

Befall

Answer 3

(v) (Of something bad) happen to someone.

Question 4

Bemocked

Answer 4

(v) To mock or jeer at (something or someone).

Question 5

Gallant

Answer 5

(adj) (Of a person or their behavior) brave; heroic.

Question 6

Hoary

Answer 6

(adj) grayish white.

Question 7

Ken

Answer 7

(n) One’s range of knowledge or sight.

Question 8

Kirk

Answer 8

(n) A church.

Question 9

Pang

Answer 9

(n) A sudden sharp pain or painful emotion.

Question 10

Penance

Answer 10

(n) Voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong.

Question 11

Pious

Answer 11

(adj) Devoutly religious.

Question 12

Rime

Answer 12

(n) Frost formed on cold objects.

Question 13

Rout

Answer 13

(n) A disorderly retreat of defeated troops.

Question 14

Sheen [literary usage]

Answer 14

(adj) Shiny, lustrous

Question 15

Shroud

Answer 15

(n) A length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial.

Question 16

Sojourn

Answer 16

(n) A temporary stay.

Question 17

Tyrannous

Answer 17

(adj) Marked by tyranny.

Question 18

Veer

Answer 18

(v) Change direction suddenly.

Question 19

Weary

Answer 19

(adj) Feeling or showing tiredness.

Question 20

Wretch

Answer 20

(n) An unfortunate or unhappy person.