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Canterbury Tales Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Prologue

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an introductory section

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Grove

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small woods

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Heath

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open meadow/brush

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Strands

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foreign lands

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Hallowed

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honored; revered

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Sundry

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various

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Boorish

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Rude; unrefined; ill-mannered

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Grace

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approval

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Joust

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A combat on horseback between two knights

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Sheathed

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enclosed in a protective covering

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Sedately

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in a composed, dignified manner; calmly

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Solicitous

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concerned and attentive; eager

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Bridle

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the headgear used to control a horse

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Prior

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position of status in a monastery

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Cloister

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place of religious seclusion

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Garnished

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decorated; trimmed

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Wanton

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Undisciplined, lewd, lustful

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Penitents

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People who repent their sins or wrongdoings

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Shrift

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confession

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Absolution

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forgiveness; pardon; release

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Accure

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to accumulate

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Arbitrate

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to settle a dispute or a fight between two parties

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Motley

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many-colored; composed of diverse parts

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Estimable

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Worthy of esteem, admirable

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Secular

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Not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things

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Conveyance

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The transfer of title to land from one party to another

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Rote

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to learn by memory

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Sanguine

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optimistic; cheerful

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Benign

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Harmless; favorable; kindle, gentle, or beneficial

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Gentry

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Wealthy landowning class; upper middle class

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Guild

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A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people.

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Wrought

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shaped; made; formed

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Avouches

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affirms, vouches for; proves

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Alderman

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a member of the municipal legislative body

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Reckoning

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calculation; judgement

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Prudent

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cautious; wise

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Apothecaries

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Medieval pharmicist

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Guile

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Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness

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Superfluities

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excessive amounts

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Pestilences

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a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

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Ambling

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walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

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Buckler

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small wooden shield

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Extort

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to obtain something by threats

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Asunder

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Contemptuous

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Scornful, disrespectful

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Rebuke

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To criticize, scold or reprimand.

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Scrupulosity

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Imagining sin where none exists

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Repined

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to be fretfully discontented; fret, complain

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Tithes

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Church taxes, 10% of a family’s yearly income

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Wrangler

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A quarrelsome person

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Buffoon

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a clown, a silly or stupid person

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Victuals

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food, provisions

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Peer

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Frugal

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Thrifty; economical in money matters

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Garners

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place to store grain

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Arrears

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unpaid or overdue debts

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Cavalcade

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procession of horses

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Carbuncles

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inflammation of the skin tissues, like a boil or severe acne

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Concubine

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a mistress

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Duress

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Hardship, restraint

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Garland

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a wreath of flowers

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Gelding

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a castrated male horse

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Mare

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a female horse

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Prevarication

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a false or deliberate misstatement; a lie

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Offertory

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collection of money at religious ceremony; part of the Mass during which offerings are made

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