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Canterbury Tales Vocab #2 Flashcards

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Prudence

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Having thought for the future

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Haughty

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Snobbish

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Riotous

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Unrestrained

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Abominable

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Hateful

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Gluttony

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Excessive eating and drinking

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Mirth

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Amusement

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Sanguine

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Optimistic

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Apothecary

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Pharmacist

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Etiquette

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Manners

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Sacrament

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Religious ceremony

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Medieval

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Having to do with the Middle Ages

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Malady

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Disorder or problem

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Stellar

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Brilliant

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Perambulation

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To walk

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Incubus

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Demon or evil spirit

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Expulsive

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Cruelty

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Assiduity

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Attentiveness

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Steadfast

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Unwavering

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Vexatious

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Troublesome

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Ardor

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Passion

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Ardent

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Enthusiastic

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Countenance

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Composure

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Sovereign

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A person who has supreme power/authority

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Covet

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To wish

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Chaste

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Modest

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Avarice

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Extreme greed

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Octogamy

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Marrying 8 times

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Purgation

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To cleanse

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Curmudgeon

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Grumpy person

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Dalliance

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Wasting of time; dawdling

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Magnanimous

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Noble; courageous spirit

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Cuckold

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Husband of an unfaithful wife

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Chivalric romance

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A nonscholarly narrative in metrical verse: tales of love, adventure, knightly conflict and pageantry

Ex. Knight’s Tale and Squire’s Tale

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Myth

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Retelling of a classical myth

Ex. Manciple’s tale

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Breton Lais

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Set in the Brittany region of France: tales, Celtic in origin, of magic, fairies, folk lore, and courtly love

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Beast Fable

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Animals are given human qualities and involved in clever tales that preach a moral lesson

Ex. Nun’s Priest’s Tale

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Prose Allegory

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Non poetic tale in which people and things represent abstract qualities

Ex. Chaucer’s Tale #2

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Mock-Heroic

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Ridicules, by imitation, chivalric literature, and heroic characters

Ex. Nun’s Priest’s Tale

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Mock-Romance

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Ridicules the chivalric romance by parody

Ex. Chaucer’s Tale #1

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Jokes

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Humorous incidents that ridicule people

Ex. Friar’s tale, summoner’s tale, canon’s yeoman’s tale

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Fabliau

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Stories based on clever tricks involving infidelity

Ex. Miller’s Take, Skipper’s Tale, Merchant’s Tale

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Sermon

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An oratory preaching a Christian message

Ex. Parson’s tale

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Exemplum

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A sermon that illustrates a known moral lesson

Ex. Pardoner’s tale

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Saint’s Legend

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Tales of inspirational acts or martyrdom

Ex. Second Nun’s Tale

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Miracle of the Virgin

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Tales in which the Virgin Mary miraculously aids a follower in time of need

Ex. Prioress’s tale

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Moral tale

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Tales to inspire moral conduct in the listener

Ex. Physician’s tale, Cleric’s Tale

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