Vocabulary List I

Vocabulary flashcards generated from the provided List I transcript.

Turmoil

State of great confusion

Desist

Stop or cease doing an action

Squall

Sudden, sharp increase in wind speed

Chainmail

Type of protective armor made from many small metal rings linked together

Tenacious

Being very determined w/out giving up

Cadaver

Dead human body used for science

Bolster

Support something physically/ metaphorically

Foundling

Abandoned infant whose family background unknown

Bootstrapped

Starting and growing a project business using own resource

Pays the piper

To face unavoidable consequences of past actions

Woo

To try to win the affection of someone by using charm

Heralded

Proclaimed as a sign that something important is about to

Recrudesce

To begin to be active again after period of dormancy

Impotent

Lacking the ability to change / control or in fertile

Ingress

The act of entering

Epic poem

Long book length narrative poem that tells grand story of hero’s adventures

Epic hero

central character in epic poem

Fame

State of being known

Kenning

Figurative two word phrase or compound word used in place of a simple noun

Scop

The bard or poet

Comitatus

Warriors bound by loyalty to king

Wergild

Compensation after murder of family member to avoid trouble

Wyrd

Fate

Alliteration

Repetition of same sound or letter

Litotes

Using the opposite word to show emphasis

Epithet

Descriptor of a person (ex. Brave)

Caesura

Break in middle of poetic line

Foreshadowing

Subtle details that hint at an event that occurs later

Enjambment

Sentence or phrase continues from one line to the next without any terminal punctuation

Fratricide

Killing of brother