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"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" Vocabulary
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English
12th Grade
11/21/2011

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Greave
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Leg armour worn below the knee
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Refectory
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A room where meals are served
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Soutane
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A long cassock worn by a Catholic priest
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Scullion
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A servant employed in a kitchen
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Catafalque
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A platform on which a coffin rests buring a funeral
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Sacristy
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A room in the church housing scared vessels
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Surplices
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A loose-fitting, ecclesiastical gown worn over a cassock
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Censer
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A vessel in which incense is burned
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Monstrance
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A vessel in which the consecrated host is exposed
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Salubrious
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Conducive to health or well-being
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Pedantic
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Characterized by making a show of one's learning
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Garrulous
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Tiresomely talkative
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Desuetude
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A state of disuse or inactivity
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Sodality
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A fellowship or fraternity
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Calumnious
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Slanderous or deflamatory
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Parricide
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The act of killing one's father
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Raiment
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Clothing or garments
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Plenipotentiary
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A person invested with full power to transact business
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Ordure
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Excrement
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Rictus
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A gaping grin or grimace
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Ciborium
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A covered receptacle holding the Eucharist
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Supererogation
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The act of performing more than is required by duty
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Canticles
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A song or hymn from the Bible
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Vesture
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Something that cloaks or covers
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Cerements
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A burial gown
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Execration
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A curse
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Hoydenish
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Characteristic of a girl of saucy behavior
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Inanition
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Exhaustion
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Ferule
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An instrument used in punishing kids
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Decollation
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The act of beheading
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