1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
12 Advanced Literature

2. strike (v.)
hit forcibly and deliberately with one’s hand or a weapon

3. plunge (v.)
jump or dive quickly and energetically

4. thicket (n.)
a close- packed group of bushes or trees

5. rugged (adj.)
rough, uneven, bumpy, rocky

6. squinted (v.)
narrow one’s eyes

7. dismount (v.)
get off/down
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8. deserted (v.)
empty, unoccupied

9. lance (n.)
a spear, javelin, harpoon

10. cleave (v.)
split open, cut up, chop up

11. scythe (n.)
a tool used for cutting crops with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to which are one or two short handles

12. sever/severed (v.)
divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly

13. flinch (v.)
make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as a reaction to surprise, fear or pain

14. ogre (n.)
a man- eating giant

15. nape (n.)
the back of a person’s neck

16. efficacious (adj.)
effective or useful

17. dawdle (v.)
waste time; be slow

18. whetting (v.)
sharpening a blade on a stone made for the purpose

19. heave (v.)
to lift or haul (a heavy thing) with great effort

20. daunted (v.)
made to lose courage

21. covetousness (n.)
desire for what belongs to others