Beowulf Vocabulary
1. Fiend – (noun) – a person of great wickedness or maliciousness (demon, devil)
2. Honed – (verb: to hone) - to sharpen or smooth, or to make more acute/intense
3. Prostrate – (adj.) – stretched out face down on the ground in adoration or submission, or completely lacking the power or will to rise (to lie flat on the ground)
4. Revelry – (noun) – noisy partying or merrymaking
5. Brandish – (verb: to brandish) – to shake or wave menacingly (as in brandishing a weapon)
6. Indomitable – (adj.) – incapable of being subdued (ie: indomitable courage)
7. Brazenly – (adj.) – marked by contemptuous boldness (ie: a brazen disregard for the rules)
8. Shrewd – (adj.) – marked by clever discerning/awareness, or given to wily and artful ways
9. Guffawed – (noun) – a loud or boisterous burst of laughing
10. Throttle – (verb) – to choke or suppress
11. Spurn – (verb) – to reject with disdain or contempt
12. Pandemonium – (noun) – a wild uproar, like a “tumult”
13. Skulked – (verb: to skulk) – to move in a stealthy or furtive manner
14. Encrusted – (verb) – to cover, line, or overlay (or as if with a crust)
15. Impish – (adj.) - mischievous
16. Havoc – (noun) – wide and general destruction, or great confusion and disorder
17. Exploit – (noun) – a notable or heroic act
18. Bolster – (noun) – to boost up or provide support (to bolster one’s courage)
19. Requital – (noun) – giving something in return, compensation, or retaliation
20. Obsequious – (adj.) – marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
21. Intangible – (adj.) – not tangible, or able to be touched
22. Flog – (verb) – to beat, as if with a rod or whip, or to criticize harshly
23. Fjords - (noun) - a narrow inlet of sea between cliffs or steep slopes
24. Hoard – (noun) – a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
25. Fissure – (noun) – a narrow opening or crack of considerable length (a break or slit)