Unit 1 Canterbury Tales

Question 1

solicitous

Answer 1

adj. showing care or concern

Question 2

absolution

Answer 2

n. act of freeing someone of a sin or of a criminal charge

Question 3

sanguine

Answer 3

adj. confident; cheerful

Question 4

avouches

Answer 4

v. asserts positively; affirms

Question 5

prevarication

Answer 5

n. evasion of the truth

Question 6

capital

Answer 6

n. wealthy in money or property

Question 7

timorous

Answer 7

adj. timid

Question 8

derision

Answer 8

n. contempt or ridicule

Question 9

maxim

Answer 9

n. briefly expressed general truth or rule of conduct

Question 10

stirgent

Answer 10

adj. strict

Question 11

cant

Answer 11

n. insincere or meaningless talk

Question 12

assay

Answer 12

v. prove or test

Question 13

adjure

Answer 13

v. appeal earnestly

Question 14

feigned

Answer 14

v. made a false show of; pretended

Question 15

adroitly

Answer 15

adv. physically or mentally skillful

Question 16

largesse

Answer 16

n. nobility of spirit

Question 17

peril

Answer 17

n. exposure to harm or injury

Question 18

interred

Answer 18

v. buried

Question 19

allegory

Answer 19

literary work with two or more levels of meaning - a literal level and one or more symbolic levels

Question 20

admonish

Answer 20

v. advise; caution

Question 21

blithe

Answer 21

adj. cheerful

Question 22

compassionate

Answer 22

adj. sympathyzing; pitying

Question 23

fervent

Answer 23

adj. having or showing great warmth or feeling

Question 24

grevious

Answer 24

adj. causing sorrow; hard to bear

Question 25

innumerable

Answer 25

adj. too many to count

Question 26

promontories

Answer 26

n. parts of high land sticking out into the sea or other body of water

Question 27

rancor

Answer 27

n. ill will

Question 28

rapture

Answer 28

n. expression of joy or pleasure

Question 29

redress

Answer 29

n. compensation, as for a wrong

Question 30

reparation

Answer 30

n. making up for wrong or injury

Question 31

sentinel

Answer 31

n. person or animal that guards or watches over

Question 32

solace

Answer 32

n. comfort; relief

Question 33

writhing

Answer 33

adj. making twisting or turning motions