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HBL CT Vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Haberdasher | a dealer in men’s clothing |
| Livery | special uniform worn by a servant or official |
| Avouches | affirms; asserts; declaring that something is true |
| Burgess | member of the legislative body (town council) |
| Dais | a low platform for a lectern or seats of honor |
| Blancmange | Name of a creamy chicken dish; kind of like chicken stew |
| Lanyard | small cord or rope used to suspend something around the neck, typically used to hang a dagger from |
| Ascendant | controlling; rising in power or influence |
| Apothecaries | pharmacist |
| Pestilence | an epidemic of disease |
| Ground | composite fabric; piece of cloth used as a background for a fabric of piece of clothing |
| Wimple | wearing a scarf covering the head; arranged around the head to cover everything but the face itself |
| Buckler | small round shoe |
| Benefices | permanent church appointment; position in the church; created by ecclesiastic authority and money income always goes along with it |
| Mercenary | person whose primary concern is making money; acting with money as a motive |
| Estate | social rank or condition; place in society |
| Scrupulosity | pathological guilt about moral or religious issues; conscientious; being careful to do what is right |
| Repined | To complain or fret; be discontented |
| Title | money given as a tax to the church; 1/10 of your income |
| Tabard | loose jacket tied on the side; piece of cloth with a front and the back tied on the side; typically worn by the poor |
| Wrangler | person who loves to argue; constantly bickers |
| Buffoon | ridiculous person; rude and uneducated |
| Manciple | buyer of provisions; purchasing agent for a college or organization |
| Victuals | food supply; foodstuffs |
| Abstruse | hard to understand; obscure |
| Reeve | estate manager or manager or a farm; typically a minor official |
| Choleric | bad tempered, easy to anger |
| Garners | storehouse or a grain place; building for storing grain |
| Bailiff | agent or steward of a landlord; also an estate manager; he may also collect taxes (higher in rank than reever) |
| Serf | agricultural laborer bound to the land; lowest member of society |
| Sward | an expanse of short grass; grassy area |
| Splayed | spread out, extended, or expanded |
| Cherubim | type of angel |
| Carbuncles | boil; infection under the sin |
| Whelks | pimple |
| Tag | a recurrent characteristic phrase; catch phrase |
| Varlet | immoral person |
| Concubine | mistress someone has that lives with the man; not married |
| Excommunication | banishment from church membership |
| Duress | compulsion by threat; use of force to make someone do something against their will |
| Seconds | singing in harmony with another person |
| Gelding | castrated animal, especially a male horse |
| Gobbet | very small piece of something |
| Ecclesiast | priest or member of clergy |
| Prevarication | evading the truth or perverting the truth; a lie |
| Broad | to be blunt or outspoken |
| Evensong | church services late in the afternoon; vespers |
| Matins | morning church services or prayers |
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