Canterbury Tales Vocabulary Preview

1.

1 point

Cloister

showing tact, respect, marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

a small piece of food

place where members of a religious community live

2.

1 point

Gainsay

showing tact, respect, marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

manners

3.

1 point

Brethren

fellow members

showing tact, respect, marked by prudence or modesty & wise self-restraint

sickness

piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

4.

1 point

Obstinate

hold back

plague

persist stubbornly

to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

5.

1 point

forbear

manners

to refrain from; to abstain

relating to a church

very religious

6.

1 point

Sop

Relating to a church

happiness and good cheer

to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

7.

1 point

Reverent

Place where members of a religious community live

fellow members

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

one who suffers for the sake of principle

8.

1 point

Morsel

a small piece of food

to refrain from

Chain-mail tunic

game bird

9.

1 point

malady

sickness

hold back

very religious

marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

10.

1 point

Discreet

persist stubbornly

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

fellow members

showing tact, respect, marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

11.

1 point

Ecclesiastic

Manners

Relating to a church

happiness and good cheer

plague

12.

1 point

Devout

game bird

to abstain

happiness and good cheer

very religious

13.

1 point

Phlegm

mucus; inactivity

relating to a church

one who suffers for the sake of principle

plague

14.

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Etiquette

manners

discreet

inactivity

a small piece of food

15.

1 point

Pestilence

plague

to deny, contradict

good cheer

to abstain

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1 point

Martyr

very religious

inactivity

one who suffers for the sake of principle

a small piece of food

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1 point

Mirth

manners

plague

happiness and good cheer

game bird

18.

1 point

Encumber

feeling or showing profound respect

malady

hold back

inactivity

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1 point

Partridge

plague

game bird

to dispute

to abstain

20.

1 point

Hauberk

Chain-mail tunic

game bird

very religious

reverent