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Beowolf Vocab 3
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12th Grade
10/28/2016

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Artfully

-skillful or clever in adapting means to ends; ingenious: an artful choice of metaphors and similes.

-Artificial

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Bolted

-fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket.

-Fasten

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Fret

-be constantly or visibly worried or anxious

-Worry

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Furrows

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  1. a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plow, especially for planting seeds or for irrigation
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Grating-

sounding harsh and unpleasant.

grinding

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Hack

-cut with rough or heavy blows.

Chop

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Hoary

-grayish white

snowy

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Infamous

-well known for some bad quality or deed.

notorious

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Laments-

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.

weeping

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loathsome-

causing hatred or disgust; repulsive.

Hateful

 

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Quench

satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking.

smoother

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Relished

enjoy greatly.

adore

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Reprisal

an act of retaliation.

comeback

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Solace

comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

cheer

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uttered

complete; absolute.

total

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vexed

(of a problem or issue) difficult and much debated; problematic.

moot

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