Vocabulary Words for The Hobbit

Example

1. Term (Page #) Definition as it pertains to the text.

Chapter One: “An Unexpected Party”

1. Scuttled page 8: Run hurriedly or furtively with short, quick steps

2. Throng page 10: A large dense packed crowd of people or animals
3. Depredation page 10: An act of attacking or plunder
4. Haughty page 11: Arrogantly superior and disdainful
5. Flummoxed page 12: Bewildered or perplexed
6. Audacious page 17: Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks
7. Remuneration page 22: Money paid for work or a service
8. Necromancer page 25: A wizard or magician

Chapter Two: “Roast Mutton”

1. trifle
2. fluster
3. defrayed
4. repose
5. purloined
6. incantations
7. scabbard
8. waylaid

Chapter Three: “A Short Rest”

1. forded
2. reeking
3. bannocks
4. parapet
5. palpitating
6. venerable
7. vexed
8. cunning

Chapter Four: “Over Hill and Under Hill”

1. astray
2. guffaw(ing)
3. yammer(ing)
4. ingenious
5. hordes
 6. scurrying
7. shirk

Chapter Five: “Riddles in the Dark”

1. groped
2. subterranean
3. throttled
4. wits
5. antiquity
6. smote
7. ventured
8. scrumptious