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Man For All Seasons
A Man For All Seasons Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| liturgy | a public formal religious ceremony |
| adage | a saying that expresses a common observation |
| ardent | with intense feeling |
| bilk | to defraud; to cheat, usually of money |
| bracken | a large fern or thicket |
| chamberlain | an officer who manages the household for a king, monarch, or noble |
| commodity | a raw material that can be bought or sold |
| chancellor | a personal secretary for a king or royal person |
| convocation | the act of calling together |
| discreet | having a judicious control of behavior |
| dispatch | a message sent to another |
| dispensation | exemption from a rule |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| farrier | a person that shoes horses |
| fastidious | excessively particular, critical, or demanding |
| heraldic | having to do with official royal messengers or a crest |
| humanism | focus on human, rather than divine, life |
| indict | to accuse officially |
| licentious | having to do with loose morals |
| litigant | one who is engaged in a lawsuit, usually the one who is suing |
| manor | a noble's house and land |
| martyr | one who dies for a cause |
| mitigate | to lessen the intensity of (usually a major issue) |
| pedagogue | a scholarly teacher (derogatory) |
| pulmonary | relating to the lungs |
| sophist | someone who thinks in an unnecessarily complex way |
| soupcon | a slight trace of a taste or flavor |
| temperate | moderate or self-restrained |
| thicket | a dense growth of shrubbery |
| zeitgeist | the spirit of a certain era |
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