Beowulf Vocab

Question 0

Beset

Answer 0

Troubled it threaten persistently

Question 1

Asunder

Answer 1

Apart; divided

Question 2

Belittle

Answer 2

Make or seem unimportant

Question 3

Behest

Answer 3

To ask someone to do something

Question 4

Withstand

Answer 4

Remain undamaged or affected by

Question 5

Wane

Answer 5

Have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size

Question 6

Hireling

Answer 6

Someone you hire

Question 7

Behoove

Answer 7

Duty or responsibility for someone to do something

Question 8

Not withstand

Answer 8

in spite of

Question 9

Cumbersome

Answer 9

Large or heavy and therefor difficult to carry or use

Question 10

Meddlesome

Answer 10

Found of interfering

Question 11

Martyrdom

Answer 11

The death or suffering of a martyr

Question 12

Lagments

Answer 12

Cries of grief

Question 13

Reparation

Answer 13

Payment to compensate for wrongdoing

Question 14

Solace

Answer 14

Peace

Question 15

Vexed

Answer 15

Highly annoyed

Question 16

Reprisal

Answer 16

Punishment in return for an injury

Question 17

Taut

Answer 17

Stretched tight

Question 18

Sinews

Answer 18

Tendons or connective tissues

Question 19

Murky

Answer 19

Shadowy

Question 20

Pilgrimage

Answer 20

Journey made to a place of religious or historical interest

Question 21

Loathsome

Answer 21

Disgusting