Unit 2: Novel Study: The Hobbit, Chapters 10–19

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  1. dreary
    causing dejection
  2. promontory
    a natural elevation
  3. cross
    annoyed and irritable
  4. bleak
    offering little or no hope
  5. maraud
    raid and rove in search of plunder
  6. exceed
    be greater in scope or size than some standard
  7. vast
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  8. recover
    get over an illness or shock
  9. plunder
    goods or money obtained illegally
  10. magnify
    increase in size, volume or significance
  11. expert
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  12. adornment
    a decoration that is added to relieve plainness
  13. dominion
    a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
  14. wax
    increase in phase
  15. prefer
    like better; value more highly
  16. obtain
    come into possession of
  17. host
    a vast multitude
  18. remnant
    a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
  19. claim
    an assertion of a right, as to money or property
  20. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  21. alter
    cause to change; make different
  22. dispose
    place or put in a particular order
  23. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
  24. multitude
    a large indefinite number
  25. hideous
    so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
  26. amend
    make better
  27. assure
    make a promise or commitment
  28. banish
    expel, as if by official decree
  29. presume
    take to be the case or to be true
Created on Mon Nov 30 12:13:16 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 02 13:36:30 EST 2020)

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