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Canterbury Vocab.

QuestionAnswer
hostelry lodging place
lanyard a cord worn around the neck used to hang something
solicitous showing care or concern
gentry a wealthy landowner
burgess formerly a member of parliament now a citizen
sanguine cheerful, optimistic
wanton playful, promiscuous, immoral
shire a county in england
sundry various, of an indefinite, small amount
malady illness, disease
benign kind, gentle
boorish coarse in manners, unrefined
eminent well known, outstanding
pillar person who is the main support of the group
absolution forgiveness
array assortment, arrangement, display
estimable worthy of respect or esteem
discrete decorous in speech and actions
cloister to seclude oneself usually for religious purposes.
anger, rage wrath
brawn muscle, strength
buckler a small round shield on the forearm
choleric ill tempered, easily enraged
adversity trail, hardship, misfortune
ecclesiastic a clergyman
arrears unpaid debt
wrangler a quarrelsome person
girth persons waist
lecherous lustful ,wanton, sexual desire
guile deception, cunning, sly
mercenary greedy, works for money
abstruse hard to understand, obscure
prevarication the act of lying
disdain contempt, scorn
apothecaries pharmacist
pestilence an epidemic disease
cavalcade a procession, with horses and carriages
buffoon a person who clowns around
frugal thrifty, economical
sedate calm, quiet
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