Beowulf Test Vocab

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Foundling

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an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known
parent or guardian.

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Torques

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a ringlike band or formation about the neck, as of feathers, hair, or
integument of distinctive color or appearance; a collar.

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Anathema

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a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.

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Wassail

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a festivity or revel with drinking of healths.

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Parley

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an informal conference between enemies under a truce, esp. to discuss terms, conditions of surrender, etc.

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Rabid

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irrationally extreme in opinion or practice.

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Thane

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a person, ranking with an earl's son, holding lands of the king; the chief
of a clan, who became one of the king's barons.

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Interlopers

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a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking
between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.

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Mongering

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to sell; hawk/ a person who is involved with something in a petty or
contemptible way

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Formidable

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of great strength; forceful; powerful.

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Lament

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to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret.

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Pinioned

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to bind (a person's arms or hands) so they cannot be used.

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Mizzle

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mist or drizzle

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Mettle

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courage and fortitude.

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Bane

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death; destruction; ruin.! a person or thing that ruins or spoils.

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Baleful

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full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.

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Canny

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skilled; expert.

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Ignominious

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marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating.

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Carnage

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the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery;
massacre.

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Coffer

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coffers, a treasury; funds

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Bereft

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to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death.

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Keens

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a wailing lament for the dead.

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Boons

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something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.

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Sallied

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an excursion or trip, usually off the main course.

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Depredations

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the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.

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Mere

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being nothing more nor better than.

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Hart

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a male deer, commonly of the red deer.

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Scud

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to run or move quickly or hurriedly.

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Bulwark

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any person or thing giving strong support or encouragement in time of
need, danger, or doubt/ any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance.

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Screes

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a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain .

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Tempered

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properly moistened or mixed.

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Sage

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a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.! a profoundly
wise person; a person famed for wisdom.

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Fettle

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state; condition.

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Tender

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to regard or treat tenderly.

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Damascened

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work or patterns produced by damascening

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Venerable

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commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity;
worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character.

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Pariah

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any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided/ an outcast.

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Felicity

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the state of being happy.

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Alacrity

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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.

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Gannet

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any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply
pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.

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Tempered

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properly moistened or mixed.

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Sage

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a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.! a profoundly
wise person; a person famed for wisdom.

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Fettle

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state; condition.

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Tender

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to regard or treat tenderly.

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Damascened

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work or patterns produced by damascening

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Venerable

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commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity;
worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character.

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Pariah

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any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided/ an outcast.

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Felicity

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the state of being happy.

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Alacrity

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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.

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Gannet

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any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply
pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.

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Whorled

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having a whorl or whorls.

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Peerless

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having no equal; matchless; unrivaled.

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Offing

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the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the
anchoring ground.

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Ensconced

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to settle securely or snugly.

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Maw

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the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, esp. a carnivorous mammal.

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Accoutrement

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personal clothing, accessories/ the equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a soldier.

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Scion

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a descendant.

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Barrow

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a heap of earth placed over one or more prehistoric tombs, often
surrounded by ditches

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Trove

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a collection of objects.

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Pillage

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to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war;
plunder.

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Harrow

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an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn
chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds.

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Gloaming

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twilight; dusk.

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Linden

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the soft, light, white wood of any of these trees, used for making
furniture and in the construction of houses, boxes, etc.

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Prodigious

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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.

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Reconnoitre

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to surveyor inspect.

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Wean

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a child; infant.

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Redress

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to correct or reform.

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Quarter

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mercy or indulgence.

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Mercenary

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a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

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Foiled

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to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.

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Suppurating

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to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.

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Rampart

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anything serving as a bulwark or defense.

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Fomented

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promote the growth or development of.

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Filigree

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delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires,
esp. lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.

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Pyre

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such a pile for burning a dead body, esp. as part of a funeral rite.

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Disdainfully

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showing despise or scorn.

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Wake

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a watching, or a watch kept, esp. for some solemn or ceremonial
purpose.

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Rout

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a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in
complete disorder.

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Swathe

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a band of linen or the like in which something is wrapped; wrapping;
bandage.

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Graith

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Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc.

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Gainsaying

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to speak or act against; oppose.

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Dirges

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a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.

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Gainsaying

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to speak or act against; oppose.

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Dirges

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a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.

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Gainsaying

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to speak or act against; oppose.

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Dirges

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a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.