Beowulf Vocab

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

• Ignominious

• Aghast

• Unrelenting

• Affliction

Something that causes suffering or pain

• Ignominious

• Aghast

• Unrelenting

• Affliction

Match the following

• Baleful

• To make a long, loud, high-pitched cry, as in grief, sorrow, or fear

• Wail

• Having or exhibiting uncompromising determination; unyielding

• Loathsome

• Struck by shock, terror, amazement

• Aghast

• Causing loathing, abhorrent

• Unrelenting

• Harmful or malignant in intent or effect

No matter what he tried, he couldn't make the ________ buzzing noise in his head go away.

• Aghast

• Unrelenting

• Wail

• Affliction

The hero of the story defeated a murderous and _______ monster.

• Loathsome

• Plight

• Aghast

• Affliction

Match the following

• Aghast

• The tremors he experiences were side effects of a crippling ______.

• Baleful

• He was _____ at the number of causalities that occured

• Affliction

• After all of her good fortune in previous years, who could have predicted her unfortunate ______.

• Plight

• The village dogs began to _____ in unison at the full moon.

• Wail

• Her _____ glance was brief, but it made the frightened child retreat

A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

• Ignominious

• Baleful

• Plight

• Unrelenting