The Hobbit Vocab
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English | Latin |
|---|---|
 flustered | adj. thrown into a state of agitation, confusion, or excitement |
| bewildered, bewilderment | adj. completely puzzled or confused; perplexed |
| ingenious, ingenuity | adj. showing inventiveness, origionality, and skill |
| audacious, audacity | adj. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless |
| prudent, prundence | adj. wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgement or common sense |
| reverence, revere | noun a feeling of profound awe, respect, and often love |
| obstinate, obstinancy | adj. stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, or coarse of action |
| absurd, absurdity | adj. utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolishor false |
| venerable | adj. commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position |
| cunning | adj. artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty, sly, deceptive |
| brooded; brooding | verb; adj. to focus attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry |
| pinnacle | noun. the highest or culminating point |
| keen | adj. having or marked by intellectual quickness |
| tumult; tumultuous | noun; adj. a disorderly commotion or disturbance |
| precipice; precipitous | noun; adj. the brink of a dangerous or disasterous situation; edge of a cliff |
| perish; perishable | verb; adj. to die or be destroyed, especially in an untimely manner; to pass from existance, disappear gradually |
| vexed; vexation | adj; noun. irritated or annoyed |
| despair | noun. loss of hope; hopelessness |
| mirth; mirthful | noun; adj. amusement or laughter |
| wary; wariness | adj; noun. watchful, cautious; being on one's guard against danger |
| ominous | adj; menacing or threatening; makes you feel like something bad is going to happen |
| prosperous | adj; to be successful or thrive |
| enmity | noun; deep-seated, often mutual, hatred |
| desolate | adj; deserted or uninhabited |
| bleak | adj; cold, empty and depressing; without hope |
| dire | adj; dreadful or urgent |
| wrath | noun; great anger, rage |
| wily | adj; deceptive, sly, cunning, crafty |
| foreboding | noun; a sense of impending evil or misfortune |
| vengeance | noun; action that you take to pay someone back for harm they have caused you or someone you care about |
| pallid | adj; pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
| bewitching | adj; enchanting, charming, fascinating |
| perpetual | adj; continuing or enduring forever |
| prophecy | noun; the foretelling or prediction of what is to come |
| hinder | verb; to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede |
| eminent | adj; high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished |
| recompense | noun; payment in return for something |
| distress | noun; great pain, anxiety, or sorrow |
| foe | noun; a personal enemy; an enemy in war; an opponent |
| besiege | verb; to surround with hostile forces |
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