Vocab - Beowulf

Question 1

appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely; profess:

Answer 1

purport

Question 2

able to be believed; convincing:

Answer 2

credible

Question 3

a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief:

Answer 3

assertion

Question 4

To suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability:

Answer 4

presume

Question 5

a note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram:

Answer 5

annotation

Question 6

concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application

Answer 6

theoretical

Question 7

recommend (a substance or action) as something beneficial:

Answer 7

prescribe

Question 8

a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law

Answer 8

conviction

Question 9

tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely:

Answer 9

tenacious

Question 10

mutually opposed or inconsistent:

Answer 10

contradictory

Question 11

a place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives

Answer 11

presume

Question 12

to follow an animal or person as closely as possible without being seen or heard, usually in order to catch or kill them

Answer 12

Stalked

Question 13

eat a large amount greedily

Answer 13

gorge

Question 14

causing repulsion or horror; grisly

Answer 14

Gruesome

Question 15

making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body

Answer 15

Writhing

Question 16

causing hatred or disgust; repulsive:

Answer 16

loathsome

Question 17

stretched or pulled tight; not slack:

Answer 17

taut

Question 18

a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial

Answer 18

shroud

Question 19

a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles:

Answer 19

fetters

Question 20

walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction:

Answer 20

strode