Fellowship of the Ring Vocabulary

The Fellowship of the Ring Vocabulary Words are listed by chapter in the order they appear in the text.

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• Includes vocabulary words and their definitions
• Printed in three-columns to be used as convenient bookmarks
• Words appear in the order they are found in the text
• Included with our The Fellowship of the Ring Unit Study (more information below)
• Unit study includes words for Books 1 and 2 of The Fellowship of the Ring

Chapter 1

Conjuror (or conjurer): wizard or someone who practice magical arts

Rumour (or rumor) - opinion or suspicion repeated among others

Nigh - near

Gape - stare with mouth open

Prostrate - lie flat on one’s face

Provender - food

Inevitable - an event that will necessarily occur

Liable - likely

Allude - refer to indirectly

Impromptu - unplanned, on the spot

Obstinate - stubborn

Imminent - about to happen immediately

Wrath - anger

Din - unpleasant noise

Ruefully - sadly

Belated - (adjective) late

Abominable - very unlikable

Chapter 2

• Careworn - worn down by worry
• Vigour (or vigor) - strong and active
• Potent - strong, powerful
• Essays - a first attempt or trial at making something
• Province - area (Often it is used as aa political area with boundaries, but in this connotation is it an area of knowledge.)
• Allay - reduce or relieve
• Obscure - uncommon
• Grievous - filled with frief
• Peril - danger
• Bristled - ruffled
• Quavering - shaking
• Wraith - ghost or shadow
• Wrought - made (often refers to metal)
• Estranged - separated by hostility
• Valour - bravery
• Vain - (this connotation) unsuccessful or useless
• Inquisitive - asks questions, curious
• Cunning - clever
• Furtive - secret
• Dither - indecisive, uncertain

Chapter 3

• Savour - literally: to taste
• Coppice - bushy trees sprouting from the base of a trunk
• Frugal - poor
• Absurd - ridiculous
• Tussock - grass in a marsh
• Ere - before

Chapter 4

• Prospect - possibility
• Reluctant -hesitant, opposite of eager
• Stout - broad, strong
• Varmint - pest

Chapter 5

• Bollard - a thick post along a wharf
• Conspiracy - secret plot
• Intrigue - arouse interest
• Scrupulous - careful to follow rules
• Parole - under custody of legal authorities

Chapter 6

• Spinney - thicket of trees
• Ominous - dangerous, foreboding
• Enmity - hostility
• Abominable - extremely disagreeable, disliked
• Relent - give in, become less stubborn
• Hinder - impede, hold back
• Unhindered - not held back
• Rousing - loud, exciting
• Menace - something that is threatening
• Hoary - white or gray from aging
• Barrow - mound, rounded hill
• Downs - rolling hills

Chapter 7

• Cunning - crafty, in this connotation scheming
• Meddling - interfering where one does not belong
• Wight - living creature

Chapter 8

• Lank - thin and straight
• Brooch - Jewelry pinned to the shoulder
• Damask - may refer to patterns on Damascus steel or damask stencil used on cloth

Chapter 9

• Ranger - one who patrols an area or range
• Dike - ditch or embankment used for control of water
• Causeway - raised road, usually over water or wet ground
• Inquisitive - curious, questioning
• Resort - a place where people stay or rest
• Babel - indistinguishable, noisy sound
• Veiled -covered, masked Tankard - large drinking mug
• Supple - flexible, soft
• Wry - not straight (in this connotation, a half smile)
• Caper - skip or leap
• Perturb - annoy
• Uncanny - out of the ordinary, mysterious
• Amiss - out of order

Chapter 10

• Rogue - tramp, scoundrel (negative connotation)
• Wary - cautious, nervous, alert to danger
• Vagabond - traveler with no home
• Swarthy - dark complexion
• Trodden - past participle of trod or walk
• Wavering - indecisive, fluctuating between two choices without deciding
• Pate - head
• Daunt - intimidate, frighten
• Dubious - doubtful, uncertain
• Clutch - hold onto with both hands, grasp

Chapter 11

• Bolsters - firm pillows
• Draught - draught horse or draft horse is a pack carrier
• Dejected - depressed, dispirited
• Sallow - yellowish gray color
• Quagmire - soft, marsh-like ground
• Midge - tiny fly-like insect
• Tussock - compact plants or grass causing raised area in a marsh
• Undulating - wave-like shape or movement
• Dell - bowl-shaped or hollow round valley
• Concealment - hiding place
• Cairn - memorial made of pile of stones
• Bar - (this usage as preposition) except, excluding
• Swoon - faint, pass out

Chapter 12

• Ford - a shallow area of a river that is easier to cross
• Inaudible - unable to be heard
• Ominous - dangerous, threatening

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• Chapter by Chapter activites
• Reading, discussion, and debate questions
• Writing Activities
• Two new maps of Middle Earth
• Vocabulary words for Books 1 and 2
• Literary analysis including 15 literary terms
• And more!

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