Knights Tale Part 1 Flashcards

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Discreet

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Respecting privacy or remaining silence

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Estimable

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Deserving of respect or admiration

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Felicity

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Happy; high degree

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Benefice

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The equivalent of a fief

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Encumbered

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To impede or hinder

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Contemptuous

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Disrespectful; scorn

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Rebuke

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Disapproval

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Scrupulous

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Principled

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Arrears

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the state of being behind or late, especially in the fulfillment of a duty

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Prevarication

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Lying; false statement

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Sedately

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Calm; undisturbed

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Solicitous

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Anxious ; concerned

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Cloister

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A covered walk

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Prominent

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Standing out and seen easily

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Prelate

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Church dignitary. High rankk

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Verity

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True; fact

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Eminent

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High in rank

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Penitent

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Feeling or expressing sorrow for sin

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Accrue

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Add on; growth

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Arbitrate

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To decide or determine

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Iniquity

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Wickedness; violation of right

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Disconsolate

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Hopelessly unhappy

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Indenture.

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Deed or agreement

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Bereft

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Fallow
Not in use; inactive
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Imbuing
Inspire
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Forlorn
Dreary; unhappy
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Covenant
Agreement between 2 or more people
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Filched
To steal
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Impudence
Lack of modesty
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Abated
Lessen; diminish
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Manifold
Numerous;varied
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Lasciviousness
Sexual desire; lust
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Paragon
Excellence
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Suffice
To be enough; satisfy
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Discerned
To see or recogniZe
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Countenance
Appearance or a look of expression of the face
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Aquiline
Nose shaped like an eagles beak
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Sumptuously
Fine work
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Gamboled
Skipping or frolicking about
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Benign
Gracious kind
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Endeavor
Make am effort
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Amity
Friendship ; mutual understanding
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Solemn
Formal serious
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Enticed
Attract by pleasure
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Amorous
Loving or showing sexual desire
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Asperity
Harsh tone of matter rough edge harsh qualities or conditions
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Stratagem
Plan to outwit an opponent or achieve to the end
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Solace
Comfort in a time of distress or sadness
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Stertorous
Noisy breathing
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Abhor
Disgust and hatred
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Avarice
Extreme greed of wealth or materi gain