Vocab- Pardoners Tale Flashcards by Allison Woodring | Brainscape

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Moral Tale

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Teaches a lesson about what is wrong in human behavior
Good characters triumph
Bad characters perish

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Heath

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Shrubs

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Ram

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Sheep

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Strands

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Shores

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Sundry

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Various

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Victuals

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Food

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Marshal

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Official supervising public events

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Girth

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Measurements around middle

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Burgess

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Inhabitant/member of Parliament

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Avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth

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Covetousness

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Great Desire to possess something

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Yokel

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Uneducated, unsophisticated person

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Kirk

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Church (Scotland)

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Agape

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Mouths wide open

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Vicious

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Cruel, violent

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Ribaldry

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Amusing and rude behavior/talk

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Carouses

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Drink alcohol

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Dicing

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Gamble with dice

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Abominable

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Very bad

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Superfluity

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Unusually large amount

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Blasphemy

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Speaking profanely about God/religion

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Grisly

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Horror or disgust

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Knave

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Servant

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Privy

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Secret/private

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Adversary

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Opponent

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Stile

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Steps to get over a fence or wall

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Pallor

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Unhealthy, pale appearance

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Writ

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Written command

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Hoary

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Grayish-white

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Prating

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Talk foolishly about something

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Florins

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Gold coins

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Prudent

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Acting or showing care

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Parley

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Conference

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Fiend

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Evil spirit or demon

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Perdition

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State of eternal punishment

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Tarry

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Delay

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Apothecary

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Person who prepared and served medicine

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Ere

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Before (in times)

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Sauntered

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Walk slowly; relaxed

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Loth

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Unwillingly

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Transcend

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To go beyond

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Bale

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A bundle of something (wrapped up and bound)

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Credentials

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Qualifications or achievements

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Absolve

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Set or declare someone free

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Spur

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Thing that prompts or encourages

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Beck

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Gesture for attention; nod/wave

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Pique

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Irritated; resentful

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Entreaty

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An earnest and humble request

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Governor

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Person in authority

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Evensong and matins

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Evening and Morning prayers