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Canterbury Tales Vocabulary
vocab from the canterbury tales
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English
10th Grade
01/26/2009

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heath
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a tract of uncultivated land
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wend
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to proceed or direct one's course
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chivalry
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ideal qualities of a knight: courtesy, valor, and strength
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burnished
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to polish or smooth
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intoning
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to utter with a particular tone of voice
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solicitous
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full of anxiety or concern
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penitent
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someone who repents for the church, for wrongdoing
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absolution
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the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest.
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eminent
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high, superior, noteworthy
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accrue
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to accumulate over time
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secular
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not pertaining to religion
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sanguine
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a reddish bloody color; cheerful, hopeful, confident
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felicity
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happiness cheerfulness
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pestilence
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a deadly epidemic
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adversity
Definition
misfortune, hardships
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extort
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to obtain by force
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mercenary
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working on acting merely for money
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consort
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Verb: to unite, or align, or associate with
Noun: partner, not necessarily romantic, or spouse
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buffoon
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a clown
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choleric
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extremely irritable or easily angered
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decree
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a formal authoriated order
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prevarication
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noun = lie
prevaricte = to lie
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attribute
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noun: characteristic or quality
verb: to say a result of a specific cause
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deferred
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put off to a future time.
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entreaty
Definition
ernest request or petition
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discreet
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respectful of privacy or secrecy
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liege
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a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
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disperses
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to scatter around
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lineage
Definition
ancestry; sequence of generations
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adversary
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someone who offers opposition
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grisly
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schockingly repellent; inspiring horror.
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stile
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the vertical outside part of doors, furniture, cabinents
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pallor
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lack of color of the skin(sickly, diseased); pale
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tarry
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to loiter
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vermin
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an irritating or obnoxius person; small animals or insects
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