The Hobbit Vocabulary Ch. 1 - 4
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| a small, round window in the side of a ship or habitat | ||
| name used for one of Bilbo's ancesters | ||
| inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | ||
| marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint | ||
| to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry | ||
| confused or bewildered | ||
| characterized by physical misery | ||
| a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | ||
| dry sticks of wood used to start a fire | ||
| go or come after and bring or take back | ||
| a device that protects ; an oblong or triangular shield of leather attached to the stirrup leather of a saddle to protect the rider's legs | ||
| disposed to venture or take risks | ||
| n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose. | ||
| the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses | ||
| in a stubborn unregenerate manner | ||
| profound respect | ||
| one who practices magic or sorcery | ||
| jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce | ||
| conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | ||
| a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset | ||
| shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | ||
| provided for the payment of | ||
| highly regarded | ||
| Personal belongings; equipment associated with a particular activity | ||
| walked easily without hurrying | ||
| to do a favor for | ||
| a procession of people traveling on horseback | ||
| to do in a fancy or proper manner | ||
| meat from a mature domestic sheep | ||
| pointed rods for skewering and holding meat over a fire for cooking | ||
| (v.) to hate, dislike very much, loathe | ||
| steal goods | ||
| bitten at or worn away | ||
| a creature of scandaniviean folklore. they live in hills or under a bridge | ||
| having the back and shoulders rounded | ||
| kept from breathing | ||
| a sheath for a sword | ||
| a protective covering for a knife or sword | ||
| a small storeroom for storing foods or wines | ||
| a stock or supply of foods | ||
| set of words spoken as a magic charm or to cast a magic spell | ||
| refilling it or making it complete again | ||
| to cross a river at a shallow place; wade across | ||
| dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | ||
| housing that someone is living in | ||
| deep, narrow gorge worn by running water | ||
| tired or sleepy | ||
| a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches | ||
| giving off a strong unpleasant smell | ||
| corn bread griddle cake | ||
| foolishness | ||
| a low wall or railing | ||
| headgear for a horse | ||
| beating rapidly | ||
| causing shock or horror | ||
| people from whom one is descended | ||
| impressive by reason of age | ||
| a secret store of valuables or money | ||
| something left over | ||
| separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument | ||
| irritated, annoyed | ||
| shrewdness in deception | ||
| the shape of the moon when less than half full | ||
| an illusion or fraud | ||
| to inhabit or overrun in numbers large enough to be harmful | ||
| away from the right path or direction | ||
| wood in small pieces or splinters, a very thin, sharp bit that breaks off a larger piece of wood, ice, metal, glass, or other material | ||
| laughing in a loud, coarse manner | ||
| wet through and through | ||
| dry material used for starting a fire | ||
| a very hard stone that produces a spark | ||
| feeling pity | ||
| searched thoroughly | ||
| showing inventiveness and skill | ||
| an object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose | ||
| a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | ||
| disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity | ||
| crowds or throngs | ||
| to run quickly; scamper |