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Gawain Vocabulary
from "Gawain and the Green Knight"
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English
12th Grade
02/02/2009

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heft
Definition
to lift up; hoist
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aghast
Definition
struck with terror or amazement; shocked
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respite
Definition
a period of rest or delay
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unwieldy
Definition
difficult to hold or use because of size or shape
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chagrin
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embarrassment caused by humiliation or failure
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renown
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fame
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ingeniously
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marked by skill and imagination; cleverly
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efficacious
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effective
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uncanny
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frighteningly unnatural or supernatural; mysterious
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pivot
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acting as a center around which something turns
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flinch
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to pull back from something unpleasant or surprising
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wince
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to spring back involuntarily, as in pain
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daunt
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to destroy the courage of; to dismay
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amended
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corrected
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reproof
Definition
an expression of disapproval; criticism
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