Knights Tale Part 1 Flashcards by Kristin cross | Brainscape

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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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Deprived

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Fallow

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Not in use; inactive

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Imbuing

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Inspire

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Forlorn

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Dreary; unhappy

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Covenant

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Agreement between 2 or more people

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Filched

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To steal

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Impudence

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Lack of modesty

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Abated

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Lessen; diminish

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Manifold

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Numerous;varied

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Lasciviousness

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Sexual desire; lust

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Paragon

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Excellence

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Suffice

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To be enough; satisfy

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Discerned

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To see or recogniZe

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Countenance

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Appearance or a look of expression of the face

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Aquiline

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Nose shaped like an eagles beak

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Sumptuously

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Fine work

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Gamboled

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Skipping or frolicking about

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Benign

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Gracious kind

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Endeavor

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Make am effort

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Amity

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Friendship ; mutual understanding

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Solemn

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Formal serious

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Enticed

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Attract by pleasure

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Amorous

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Loving or showing sexual desire

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Asperity

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Harsh tone of matter rough edge harsh qualities or conditions

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Stratagem

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Plan to outwit an opponent or achieve to the end

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Solace

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Comfort in a time of distress or sadness

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Stertorous

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Noisy breathing

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Abhor

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Disgust and hatred

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Avarice

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Extreme greed of wealth or materi gain