Knight's Tale Vocab
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43 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| Clemency |  mercy |
| Disconsolate | without consolation or comfort; unhappy |
| Iniquity | evil |
| Obsequies | funeral rites |
| Mien | a person's look or demeanor |
| Fetters | manacles or handcuffs |
| Beatitude | supreme blessedness |
| Adamantine | unbreakable |
| Conclave | a private meeting; a secluded group |
| Fallow | inactive, (of a sow) not pregnant; (farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production |
| Hew | chop or cut with an axe; conform or adhere to |
| Lineage | lineal descent from an ancestor |
| Impudence | the not showing of due respect for another person |
| Encumber | restrict or burden such that free action or movement is difficult |
| Felonious | of, relating to, or involved in crime |
| Abate | becoming less intense or widespread (of something hostile) |
| Vouchsafe | approve, accept |
| Stratagem | a plan or scheme, esp. one used to outwit an opponent |
| Carrion | the decaying flesh of dead animals |
| Effigy | a sculpture or model of a person |
| Benign | gentle, kindly; not harmful |
| Vainglorious | having excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements, excessive vanity |
| Vestment | robe worn by clergy during services |
| Edifice | a building, esp. a large, imposing one |
| Albeit | although |
| Wan | pale, weak, without luster |
| Pestilence | a fatal epidemic disease, esp. bubonic plague |
| Retinue | a group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person |
| Clarion | a shrill, narrow-tubed war trumpet; loud and clear |
| Panoply | a complete or impressive collection of things; a splendid display |
| Herald | an official messenger bringing news; person or thing viewed as a sign (foreshadowing); hist. an official to oversee ceremonies and make proclamations |
| Truncheon | a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer; a staff or baton acting as a symbol of authority |
| Tumult | a loud confusing noise; confusion or disorder |
| Caterwaul | make a shrill or howling noise; such a noise |
| Salve | an oitment for the protection or healing of the skin |
| Rancour | bitterness or resentfulness, esp. when longstanding |
| Inter | to bury |
| sepulchre | a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried |
| unwonted | unaccustomed or unusual |
| pall | a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb |
| visage | a face |
| engender | cause or give rise to |
| eschew | deliberately avoid using; abstain from |
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