Anglo-Saxon Unit

Keicha K. (United States of America)
Vocabulary for Anglo-Saxon Literature Unit. English 12
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  1. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  2. sentinel
    a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  3. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  4. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  5. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  6. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
  7. purge
    rid of impurities
  8. writhing
    moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion
  9. massive
    containing a great quantity of matter
  10. loathsome
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  11. kin
    a person related to another or others
  12. scintillating
    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  13. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  14. vagrant
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  15. vaunt
    show off
  16. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  17. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  18. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  19. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  20. miscreant
    a person without moral scruples
  21. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  22. covetous
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  23. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
Created on Tue Oct 04 09:43:01 EDT 2011

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