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Canterbury Tales Vocab 1
Canterbury Tales Vocabulary 1
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10th Grade
12/07/2009

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solicitous
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(adj.) showing care or concern
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garnished
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(adj.) decorated; trimmed
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absolution
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(n.) act of freeing someone of a sin or criminal charge
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commission
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(n.) authorization; act of giving authority to an individual
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sanguine
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(adj.) confident; cheerful
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avouches
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(v.) asserts positively
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prevarication
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(n.) evasion of truth
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capital
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(n.) wealth in the form of money or property
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timorous
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(adj.) timid
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derision
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(n.) contempt or ridicule
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maxim
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(n.) general truth or rule of conduct, expressed in brief form
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stringent
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(adj.) strict
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cant
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(n.)insincere or meaningless talk
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rhetorician
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(n.) person skilled in public speaking or writing
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sycophant
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(n.) person who seeks favor by flattering influential people
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pallor
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(n.) unnatural lack of color; paleness
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hoary
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(adj.) white or gray with age
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prating
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(n.) chatter
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tarry
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(v.) to delay or linger
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apothecary
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(n.) pharmacist; druggist
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