Unit 1: Novel Study: Beowulf (trans. Seamus Heaney), Lines 1905–3182

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  1. hale
    exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
  2. accoutrement
    accessory or supplementary item of clothing
  3. wile
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  4. cache
    a secret store of valuables or money
  5. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
  6. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  7. reconnoiter
    explore, often with a goal of finding something or somebody
  8. regalia
    paraphernalia indicative of royalty or other high office
  9. wreak
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  10. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  11. bane
    something causing misery or death
  12. remnant
    a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
  13. languish
    become feeble
  14. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  15. dire
    causing fear or dread or terror
  16. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  17. suppurate
    cause to fester and discharge pus
  18. coffer
    the funds of a government, institution, or individual
Created on Mon Dec 14 17:23:34 EST 2020 (updated Wed Jan 06 09:56:15 EST 2021)

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