Vocab 41-60 Flashcards by Catherine McKisic | Brainscape

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ground

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type of cloth

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guile

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sly dealings

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dilignet

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careful and persistent in work

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disdainful

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scornful

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discreet

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cautious about one’s words and actions

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obstinate

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unreasonably stubborn

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tabard

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a smock or short jacket

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frugal

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thrifty

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carbuncles

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pus-filled skin inflammations, sometimes like boils

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whelks

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puss-filled sores

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duress

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pressure

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varlet

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a scoundrel

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goblet

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a fragment

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deferred

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postponed

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buffoon

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clown

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cavalcade

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a parade of horses and carriages

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ecclesiast

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practitioner of a church ritual

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offertory

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musical accompaniment during the church offering

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bailiff

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the aside of a British sheriff

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serf

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a member of a servile class bound to the land