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Marthell Crispin
Vocabulary Crispin Cross of Lead
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| midst | middle; the interior part or middle part |
| shroud | burial garment |
| taunt | to challenge in a mocking or insulting manner; tease; jeer at |
| pauper | a very poor person, especially one supported by charity |
| stewart | a manager at a large estate |
| deign | To think fit or in keeping with one's dignity; |
| transgression | sin; violation of law |
| poach | 1. to hunt or fish unlawfully 2. to cook in simmering liquid, especially eggs |
| forfeit | to lose or to lose the right to as a punishment for an error, offense, or crime |
| cease | stop, end |
| welt | 1. a ridge or lump raised on the skin, usually by a blow 2. part of a shoe between the shoe upper and the sole |
| minion | a servile dependent; favorite |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared as writing material |
| kin | relative |
| transfix | to hold motionless |
| avail | to use to an advantage |
| recurrance | going or coming back in thought, discussion, or action |
| mortality | the number of deaths in a given time or place |
| impoverished | made poor |
| jests | comic acts or remarks; jokes |
| shunned | avoid deliberately forever |
| plight | predicament |
| serf | a member of a servile feudal class bound to the soil and subject to the will of his lord |
| mercenary | a soldier hired by a foreign country to fight in its army for wages |
| untoward | difficult to manage; stubborn; willful; inconvenient, troublesome |
| thatch | a plant material such as straw, for use as roofing |
| baliff | one who manages an estate or farm |
| reeve | a medieval English manor officer responsible for enforcing the discharge of feudal obligations |
| mean | common; low station; humble; inferior; ordinary; poor; shabby |
| pinnacle | highest point |
| meander | to follow a winding course |
| impenetrable | incapable of being entered or penetrated |
| fallow | land for crops allowed to lie idle during the growing season; to till the land without seeding; dormant, inactive, left unsown |
| infidel | a person who has no religious beliefs |
| canonical | complying with or going along with church law |
| strident | harsh sounding, grading, shrill |
| clamor | a loud continuous noise |
| apprehension | fear of what may be coming; dread of the future |
| implore | beg; to call or beg for |
| hue and cry | an alarm or protest |
| skittish | easily frightened; nervous |
| petitions | prayers |
| moot | debatable point |
| treason | crime against one's own country |
| curfew | a law which requires certain people to be off the streets at a certain time |
| alb | a full-length white vestment worn by priests at the Eucharist |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic rite of admission to the clerical state by shaving of the head |
| sanctuary | a holy or sacred place |
| tallow | the white nearly tasteless melted and solidified fat of cattle and sheep used chiefly in soap, margarine, candles and lubricants |
| genuflect | to kneel on one's knee and then to rise again as an act of reverence |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict; crazed |
| sullen | gloomy, resentful silence; dismal |
| scrutinize | to inspect; to examine closely |
| siege | a continuous attack to gain a fortified place |
| garment | an article of clothing |
| hag | witch; an ugly, dirty, or evil-looking old woman |
| crone | witch; an ugly, dirty, or evil-looking old woman |
| foreboding | foretelling; having a feeling that something unfortunate is going to happen |
| skirting | missing or evading; going around |
| hoist | to raise |
| tumult | violent and disorderly commotion or disturbance with uproar and confusion |
| albeit | even though |
| gross | 1. glaringly noticeable; shameful, excessive; course; vulgar 2. 12 dozen; 144 |
| folly | lack of good sense; a foolish act or idea; a costly or unprofitable undertaking |
| forage | 1. food for animals, especially when grazing 2. search for food |
| dire | dreadful; warning of disaster; extreme |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| famished | starved |
| distended | stretched out or bulged out; swollen |
| blighted | deteriorated, such as a slum |
| pillage | to plunder, loot, or steal |
| sustenance | food; nourishment |
| dell | secluded small valley |
| hamlet | a small village |
| daub | a cover of plaster or mud on the outside of a wooden structure |
| wattle | a framework of poles interwoven with slender branches or reeds and used in building |
| clot | a mass or lump made by a liquid substance thickening or sticking together |
| trepidation | a state of fear |
| pestilence | a contagious or infectious disease that spreads quickly and has devastating effects |
| garbed | dressed, clothed |
| ruddy | red, reddish |
| raucously | boisterously, disorderly |
| unkempt | not combed, not neat and orderly, rough, unpolished |
| cur | a mongrel or inferior dog |
| doddering | 1. foolish, senile 2. to shake or tremble from weakness or age |
| glutton | one who eats too much |
| sweetmeats | a candy of crystallized fruit |
| loot | 1.something stolen, plunder, spoils 2. to steal, plunder |
| tyranny | a cruel and repressive government; a type of government in which all power is in the hands of one absolute ruler |
| prudence | the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason; skill and good judgement |
| putrid | rotten, foul, vile |
| perchance | perhaps, possibly |
| screed | a lengthy argument |
| mortal | capable of causing death |
| pate | crown or top of the head |
| christen | baptize |
| revels | takes part in a noisy celebration |
| wager | bet |
| lamenting | mourning aloud |
| servile | befitting a slave |
| punctilious | marked with the exact rules of social conventions |
| acolyte | a man or boy who assists the clergyman in a religious service |
| mummer | a person who masks and engages in merrymaking |
| beguile | to deceive by flattery or by trick |
| bravado | a show of bravery |
| oath | a solemn appeal to God to tell the truth |
| jeopardy | danger |
| uproarious | extremely funny |
| abate | diminish; to decrease in degree, amount or intensity |
| smolder | to burn slowly with smoke, and usually without flame |
| slain | killed |
| remorse | a deep regret arising from guilt |
| imbed | enclose in a surrounding mass |
| denounce | to point out as deserving blame or punishment |
| heretic | a person who believes in religious ideas contrary to the Church |
| vex | to bring trouble, annoy, harass |
| rail | to scold in harsh, bitter or abusive language |
| bluster | 1. To blow violently and noisily 2. To talk or act in a noisy, boastful way 3. A boastful empty speech |
| aloft | In the air |
| league | A measurement of distance, about 3 to 4 miles |
| morrow | Tomorrow, the next day, good morning |
| lope | an easy, bounding gait (walk), as in a wolf |
| emblazen | inscribe with markings or emblems used in heraldry |
| monotony | sameness; lack of variety |
| cunning | full of trickery |
| subdue | to bring under control |
| apprehend | arrest, seize |
| mollify | to calm, quiet, pacify |
| beseech | to beg for |
| gusto | enjoyment |
| dexterity | skill and ease in using the hands, especially the right hand |
| hilarity | boisterous, rowdy merriment |
| malevolence | spiteful, showing ill-will |
| luster | shine, brightness, gloss |
| enrapture | to fill with delights |
| rueful | arousing pity or sympathy |
| henceforward | from this point on |
| scudding | running or moving swiftly |
| cloy | to make something pleasingly distasteful through excess |
| disquiet | to make uneasy or restless |
| apothecary | druggist, pharmacist |
| irate | angry |
| score | 20 years |
| portcullis | a grating at the gateway of a castle that can be lowered to prevent entrance |
| timorous | timid, fearful |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt, easily understood, obvious |
| din | a loud noise, bad sounds |
| portentous | amazing, marvelous |
| cacophony | loud noise, bad sounds |
| rushes | marsh plants with cylinder-shaped hollow stems |
| buxom | healthily plump |
| kirtle | a medieval woman's dress |
| tresses | a woman's long locks of hair |
| escapade | prank, mischievous adventure |
| banter | to tease lightly, to talk humorously |
| enterprise | a difficult, complicated or risky project or undertaking |
| slake | to relieve or satisfy with water or liquid |
| solar | relating to the sun |
| brazen | shameless |
| placate | to calm the anger especially by concession, appease |
| aggrieved | troubled or distressed in spirit, suffering from injury or loss |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on a stone |
| buffeting | striking or slapping |
| yowl | to utter a long, sad cry or howl |
| sumptous | involving a large expense, lavish, luxerious |
| doff | to take off, especially one's hat |
| wend | to direct one's course, to proceed on |
| vestible | lobby, enclosed entrance |
| blunder | A mistake resulting from stupidity |
| aghast | shocked |
| laggard | slow |
| fervor | intensity of feelings, zeal |
| heir | a person who has legal claim to a title or the throne when a person holding it dies |
| apprentice | one who is learning a trade, art, or calling by practical experience under a skilled worker |
| guild | a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen |
| pallet | a straw-filled mattress |
| boisterous | rowdy |
| admonish | to give friendly advice or encouragement |
| bawl | to cry out loudly, yell, to weep noisily |
| dame | mistress of a household |
| toil | work |
| caterwaul | to make the cry of a tomcat |
| furtive | sly, secret |
| abolish | to get rid of, to do away with |
| wither | to become dry, to shrivel, to lose freshness |
| corrupt | to change from good to bad conduct |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose, to swallow |
| abide | to tolerate |
| disconsolate | cheerless, hopelessly sad |
| lapse | a slight error or slip |
| infatuate | to fill with a foolish or extravagant love |
| warrant | a legal document authorizing arrest |
| claimant | a person who asserts his right to something |
| mosaic | surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of colored tiles |
| venom | poison |
| bondage | slavery |
| resolve | to clear up, decide |
| scabrous | 1. difficult 2. rough to the touch 3. indecent |
| stout | 1. fat 2. strong in taste |
| cowl | a monk's hood, hooded cloak |
| succumb | cease; die |
| breach | break, violate |
| agape | having the mouth open in wonder or surprise |
| wrought | beaten into shape; excited;deeply stirred |
| remnant | a leftover |
| voracious | ravenous; consuming food with vigor |
| relic | an object associated with a saint or martyr |
| wrath | violent anger, rage |
| abduct | kidnap |
| quaver | tremble, shake |
| sconce | candlesticks mounted on a plaque and fastened to the wall |
| stagnant | motionless, dull, inactive |
| crevice | a narrow opening caused by a crack or split |
| gawk | stare |
| brandish | to wave threateningly |
| bellow | to shout in a deep voice, like a cow |
| canter | trot slower than a gallop |
| unfetter | to be free from chains and shackles |
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marthell
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