Canterbury Tale Flashcards
Absolution
A freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties
Apothecary
A druggist licensed to prescribe medicine
Amenable
Ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable
Avarice
Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain hoard and wealth
Axiom
A self evident truth that requires no proof; a universally accepted principle
Blasphemy
An act of cursing or reviling god or scared things
Castigate
To criticize or reprimand severely; to punish in order to correct
Choleric
Extremely irritable or easily angered
Decorum
Dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc
Discreet
Respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature
Disdainful
Feeling full of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn
Divest
Deprive (someone) of power, rights or possessions
Effigy
A representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument; a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule
Encumber
To block up or fill with what is obstructive; a burden or weigh down
Engender
To produce, cause, or give rise to; to beget; procreate
Estimable
Reputable, respectable, admirable, laudable, meritorious, excellent, good
Florid
Reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion; flowery; excessively ornate
Garrulous
Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters
Impediment
Obstruction; hinderance; obstacle; any physical defect that impedes normal or easy speech; a speech disorder
Impudent
Shameless or brazenly immodest
Indigence
Seriously impoverished condition; poverty
Malady
Any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deep stated
Martyr
A person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion; a person who feels constant suffering
Miscreant
Depraved, villainous, or base
