Beowulf Vocab #3b -- Exit Ticket

v. feel express contempt or derision for; reject (something) in a contemptuous way

(deride, spurn, shun)

• scorn

• moors

• reprisal

• brood

n. a tract of open uncultivated upland

(heath, fen, marshland)

• moors

• reprisal

• brood

• courtier

n. an act of retaliation; a return

(retaliation, counter, retribution)

• reprisal

• brood

• courtier

• barren

v. to be deep in thought; to think over moodily and at length

(worry, dwell, contemplate)

• brood

• courtier

• barren

• bridle

n. a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen.

(attendant, companion, adviser)

• courtier

• barren

• bridle

• scabbard

adj. empty, unable to produce

(infertile, sterile, desert)

• barren

• bridle

• scabbard

• billowing

n. a piece of equipment used to direct a horse; includes both the headstall that holds a bit that goes in the mouth of a horse, and the reins that are attached to the bit

• bridle

• scabbard

• billowing

• loathsome

n. a sheath, or protective cover/case, for a sword

• scabbard

• billowing

• loathsome

• scorn

adj. swelling out in waves; surging

(rolling, swirling, undulating)

• billowing

• loathsome

• scorn

• moors

adj. causing hatred or disgust; repulsive

(hateful, detestable, abhorrent)

• loathsome

• scorn

• moors

• reprisal