The Hobbit
Vocabulary

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...this most excellent and audacious hobbit...

audacious = daring

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But their main gate used to come out on a different pass, one more easy to travel by, so that they often caught people benighted near their gates.

benighted = lacking enlightenment, knowledge, or culture

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Horses and ponies had been sent round by circuitous paths to meet them at their appointed landing-place.

circuitous = indirect (deviating from a straight course)

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...they all began discussing dragon-slayings historical, dubious, and mythical...

dubious = doubtful (as true history)

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...they met no sign of any living thing, only furtive shadows that fled from the approach of their torches

furtive = intentionally hard to see

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Thorin indeed was very haughty,

haughty = condescending

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Beorn seemed to be growing drowsy and paid little heed to them.

heed = attention

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...they invented some of the machines that have since troubled the world, especially the ingenious devices for killing large numbers of people at once,

ingenious = inventive

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...and down the wind came the voices of the people of Esgaroth lamenting their lost town and goods and ruined houses.

lamenting = expressing regret for

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"All the same, I should like it all plain and clear," said he obstinately,

obstinately = stubbornly

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...they looked seldom at it, for it was ominous and dreary even in the light of morning.

ominous = suggestive of evil or something bad

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Then as is the nature of folk that are thoroughly perplexed, they began to grumble at the hobbit, blaming him for what had at first so pleased them:

perplexed = confused or puzzled

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This departure from truth on the part of a most honest hobbit was a portent of great significance.

portent = a sign of something about to happen

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...the others made no pretence of offering...

pretence = action to pretend

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A really first-class and legendary burglar would at this point have picked the trolls' pockets ... purloined the beer, and walked off without their noticing him.

purloined = stolen

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"Also I should like to know about risks, out-of-pocket expenses, time required and remuneration, and so forth"-by which he meant: "What am I going to get out of it? and am I going to come back alive?"

remuneration = payment

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2 uses

Still elves are light-footed, and though they were not in these days much used to the marches and the treacherous lands between the Forest and the Lake, their going was swift.

treacherous = dangerous

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The winds broke up the grey clouds, and a waning moon appeared above the hills between the flying rags.

waning = diminishing (the illuminated part is getting smaller each night)