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Vocab List 1
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The focus on the battle’s effects on Heorot and its furnishings primarily serves to emphasize
(A) the monetary losses the Danes are incurring (B) the intensity of the struggle between
Beowulf and Grendel (C) Beowulf’s disregard for Hrothgar’s prized
mead-hall (D) Grendel’s determination to completely
destroy Heorot (E) the poet’s unwillingness to describe the
gruesomeness of the actual struggle
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1. de
DownDecline (v.)Decamp (v.)Depraved (adj.)Demur (v.)
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Demur
To demur is to object politely.
In the face of majority opinion, she nevertheless demurred.
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2. punct
PointPunctual (adj.)Puncture (v.)Punctilious (adj.)Poignant (adj.)
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Poignant
Poignant means sharp.
The poignant parting left the two lovers heartbroken.
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3. tude
State ofLatitude (n.)Longitude (n.)Lassitude (n.)Solitude (n.)
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Lassitude
Lassitude is sluggishness or lack of energy.
Gradually, the dinner party guests roused themselves from their steak-induced lassitude.
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4. pre
BeforePrehistoric (adj.)Prelapsarian (adj.)Prenatal (adj.)Prenuptial (adj.)
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Prelapsarian
Prelapsarian means before the fall (big mistake/ lapse) of mankind; Edenic
Pastoral poems sometimes present country life in an almost prelapsarian fashion.
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5. ad
ToAdduce (v.)Adhere (v.)Admonish (v.)Advertise (v.)
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admonish
To admonish means to warn.
The mother admonished the toddler not to touch the hot stove.
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6. hend
GraspApprehend (v.)Apprehensive (adj.)Comprehend (v.)Prehensile (adj.)
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7. Apprehensive
Apprehensive means uneasy, fearful.
Beowulf was not apprehensive about fighting the demon.
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7. pro
BeforeProdigious (adj.)Progress (v.)Protract (v.)Protrude (v.)
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Prodigious
Prodigious means enormous or abnormal.
Grendel is a prodigious being.
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8. in
NotIndignant (adj.)Insensible (adj.)Intelligible (adj.)Interminable (adj.)
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Indignant
Indignant means feeling or showing scornful anger or a sense of injured pride.
The celebrity gave the hostess an indignant reply and flounced out when told the restaurant was not taking any more reservations.
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9. dol
SufferDoleful (adj.)Dolorous (adj.)Condolence (n.)Indolent (adj.)
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Indolent
Indolent means lazy.
The new hires were informed that indolence would not be tolerated; they would be terminated if they did not meet productivity for three consecutive months.
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10. per
ThroughPeremptory(adj.)Perforate (v.)Permeate (v.)Perspicacious (adj.)
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Peremptory
Peremptory means direct, almost to the point of rudeness.
The hostess’ peremptory reply to the spoiled celebrity was “we seat on a first-come, first- served basis; fame does not guarantee you a reservation.”
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11. ag
To doAggressive (adj.)Ambiguous (adj.)
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Ambiguous
Ambiguous means having an obscure or double meaning.
The poem Beowulf is ambiguous as to whether its reference point is Christian or pagan.
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12. val
Strength/worth
Ambivalent (adj.)Valiant (adj.)Valor (n.)Value (n. or v.)Evaluate (v.)
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Ambivalent
Ambivalent means having opposing or contradictory feelings about something.
Some of the seniors felt ambivalent about graduating; on the one hand, they were eager for independence. On the other, they were saddened to leave childhood behind.
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13. ous
Full ofFractious (adj.)Insidious (adj.)Rapacious (adj.)Zealous (adj.)
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Fractious
Fractious means irritable or peevish.
A long nap cured the toddler’s fractious behavior.
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14. lent
Full ofOpulent (adj.)Succulent (adj.)Truculent (adj.)Violent (adj.)
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Opulent
Opulent means luxurious.
We took a tour of the opulent mansions at Newport, Rhode Island.
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15. put
ThinkDispute (v.)Impute (v.)Putative (adj.)Reputation (n.)
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Putative
Putative means reputed or supposed (showing doubt)
The audience doubted the speaker’s putative background as a CIA agent.
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16. moll
SoftMollify (v.)
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Mollify
To mollify is to appease or pacify, especially by reducing the severity of something.
The court mollified the juvenile offender’s family by setting aside his sentence and assigning community service.
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17. greg
GroupEgregious (adj.)Gregarious (adj.)
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Gregarious
Gregarious means fond of company; social.
The gregarious undergrad enjoyed sorority life.
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18. alter
OtherAltercation (n.)Altercatiori (n.)Alter ego (n.)Alternative (n.)
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Alter ego
An alter ego is a person’s secondary or alternative personality.
In literature, the antagonist is often the protagonist’s symbolic alter ego.
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19. ego
I Ego (n.)Egocentric (adj.)Egotistical (adj.)Alter ego (n.)
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Egocentric
Egocentric means self-centered.
Egotistical people are often accused of thinking the world revolves around them.
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20. ambi
BothAmbiance (n.)Ambiguous (adj.)Ambidextrous (adj.)Ambivalent (adj.)
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ambidextrous
Ambidextrous refers the ability to use both hands equally well.
At first they thought the boy was right-handed, then left-handed, and finally they realized he was ambidextrous.