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Please check my answers for the following vocabulary questions based on excerpts from various works, including Beowulf and "The Seafarer":
Choose the meaning of the bold words in questions 1–10.

No one waited for reparation from his plundering claws…” (Beowulf)  
confidence  
destruction  
injury

compensation / My answer

Squatting with her weight on his stomach, she drew a dagger, brown with dried blood, and prepared to avenge her only son. (Beowulf)

sacrifice for / My answer  
give protection to  
retaliate for

give praise to

Reproach pounded in his breast, gloomy and dark, and the world seemed a different place. (Beowulf)

disgrace / My answer  
joy  
certitude

disappointment

Beowulf offered them only his sword, ended so many jackal lives that the few who were able skulked silently home. (Beowulf)

enemy / My answer  
defender  
useless

weakened

But Swedish exiles came, seeking protection… (Beowulf)

those who are banished / My answer  
those who are royalty  
those who are criminals

those who are welcomed

So summer’s sentinel, the cuckoo, sings in his murmuring voice, and our hearts mourn as he urges. (“The Seafarer")

season  
birdsong  
symbol

guard / My answer

Their faces blanch as time advances, their beards wither, and they mourn the memory of friends. (“The Seafarer")

pale / My answer  
age  
thin

wrinkle

In this brief world, I cannot wonder that my mind is set on melancholy. Because I never forget the fate of men… (“The Wanderer")

happiness  
remembering  
the future

sadness / My answer

He cannot be hasty to hate or speak; he must be bold and yet not blind, nor ever too craven, complacent, or covetous, nor ready to gloat before he wins glory. (“The Wanderer")

bored  
cowardly / My answer  
prideful

resentful

First, my lord went away from his people over the wave-tumult. (“The Wife’s Lament")

depression / My answer, I think?  
confusion  
rhythm  
destruction

Kennith Durgan · Accepted Answer

1.D
2.C
3.A
4.A
5.A
6.D
7.A
8.D
9.B
10.B

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