Hobbit Vocabulary

Vocabulary lists for The Hobbit

Chapter 1

• Laburnum - family of small trees
• Prosy - (connotation in this chapter) - words like the prose or writing in a book
• Scuttled - trot quickly
• Depredation - robbery
• Bewilder - confuse
• Flummox - confuse
• Wrought - make (often refers to metal)
• Delve - dug (archaic past tense of dive)
• Conspirator - person involved in a conspiracy
• Conspiracy - secret plot
• Audacious - bold
• Ingenious - clever, showing signs of genius
• Solemn - serious
• Estimable - held in esteem
• Expedition - journey with a purpose
• Obstinately - stubborn
• Remuneration - payment





Chapter 2

• Defray - payed for, covered expense
• Esteemed - valued
• Repose - sleep
• Requisite - something needed, required
• Trifle - small, unimportant
• Paraphernalia - miscellaneous personal belongings
• Inquisitive - curious
• Cavalcade - a procession of travelers, usually in vehicles
• Purloin - steal
• Row - fight
• Incantations - spells
• Larder - pantry, food storage
• Scanty - small or scant amount





Chapter 3

• Palpitate - rapid heart beat
• Venerable - highly honored
• Vexed - annoyed
• Kin - relatives





Chapter 5

• Gall - cause bitterness
• Menacingly - dangerously
• Splayed - expand; spread out fingers or toes
• Incline - floor or surface tilted upward
• Scuttle - run with short, fast steps





Chapter 6

• Dell - dale or valley
• Abominable - hateful, very unpleasant
• Benighted - overtaken by darkness of night
• Bracken - ferns and shrubs
• Fronds - palm-like ferns
• Keener - sharper
• Porter - person who carries baggage
• Clamour - (clamor) noisy outcry
• Commotion - uproar
• Uncanny - supernatural
• Reek - nasty smell
• Vain - with no effect, uselessly





Chapter 7

• Appalling - causing dismay or fear
• Furrier - someone who makes furs
• Eaves - overhanging edge (often of trees or roofs)
• Impeach - bring accusation against
• Unimpeachable - so honorable that no accusations could be brought or believed
• Veranda - porch
• Gnarled - twisted





Chapter 8

• Inquisitive - curious
• Uncanny - unnatural
• Taut - tight
• Lamenting - crying about
• Vex - annoy
• Hart - male deer
• Tuppence - two pennies
• Abominable - hateful, unpleasant
• Infuriate - make very angry
• Twilight - dusk
• Gloaming - twilight, dusk





Chapter 9

• Scuttle - a short, quick pace, trot
• Hewn - past participle of hew, cut by ax
• Grimly - sternly, seriously
• Surly - rude, bad mood
• Clamour - loud noise
• Reveal - tell
• Portcullis - a grated gate that raises and lowers
• Throve - past participle of thrive, grew
• Flagon - pitcher with spout, often for wine
• Nimble - quick, light movement
• Snivel - sniff from a runny nose
• Tumult - noisy outbreak
• Yew - evergreen wood; often used for making bows
• Obliged - in debt to, have a duty to
• Famished - very hungry





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Full 136 page unit study for grades 6 - 10.
The Hobbit Analysis
Uncover the symbolism, themes, and genres in The Hobbit
Runes
Use Tolkien's runes to translate messages in The Hobbit
The Dwarves
Use our puzzle and worksheet to learn the 13 dwarves.
Point of View
Find the POV of the inner and outer frames in the narrative.