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Unit 5Anglo-Saxon Vocab for learned people…like you

+Spawn I’m pretty sure Miley Cyrus is the spawn of

Satan.

+Furrow

The student had a furrowed brow as he tried to comprehend the teacher’s inane ramblings.

+Vex Big brother Sammy was able to vex his younger

sister to the point that she looked like a demon-child in the family portrait.

+Solace Harry tried his best to solace Lloyd as he told

him that Lloyd’s bird’s head fell off.

+Scorn Sprinkles feels nothing but scorn for the human

race.

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Unit 6Anglo-Saxon Vocab Round 2

+Threshold Stepping through the threshold into the arena,

Harry knew that the outcome of the Triwizard Tournament would come down to this showdown with the fearsome Hungarian Horntail.

+Talons Before agreeing to handle the chickens,

Napoleon had to ask if they had large talons; he didn’t want to mess with them if they did.

+AfflicterThe movie Black Christmas was an afflicter of my youth, causing me years of pain and horror.

+Taut The taut rope was all that kept

the climber from plummeting to his death as he climbed the face of the steep slope.

+Gape

Realizing that he was Home Alone for the holidays, Kevin gaped in fear and shock.

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Unit 7Anglo-Saxon Vocab Round 3

+Blench

George was not prepared for the wrath of the other soccer dad, so he blenched and jumped backwards out of the way of his attacker.

+Hoard

Some people hoard money, while others hoard clothes and other material things; if it were up to my wife, however, we would have a hoard of kittens.

+Berate Some coaches are calm and even-tempered,

while others will berate you for even the smallest of mistakes.

+Salutary Bringing fruit snacks to Mr. Bruno can have a

salutary impact on his perception of you; I hear he really likes them.

+Idolatry

A major difference between the pagan Anglo-Saxons and the Christian missionaries who later influenced them was that the pagans valued idolatry of material things, while Christians focused their worshipping on a single God.

+Envoy

Borat was supposed to be an envoy for Kazakhstan, but his inappropriate behavior didn’t do him any favors while in America.

+Desecrate

An apparent White Sox fan thought it would be funny to desecrate Wrigley Field by damaging the Harry Caray statue; it seems they need to work on their spelling, however.