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Canterbury Tales Voc.
Vocabulary Study for Prologue and two tales
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| engendering | creating or producting |
| stature | height |
| personable | attractive |
| accrue | increase over time |
| statute | law |
| benign | kind or gracious |
| guile | sly dealings |
| diligent | persistent in work |
| adversity | misfortune |
| disdainful | scornful |
| discreet | cautious |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| frugal | thrifty |
| duress | pressure |
| deferred | postponed |
| avarice | greed |
| covetousness | craving other's goods |
| carouses | drinks, celebrates noisily |
| abominable | disgusting/hateful |
| superfluity | excess |
| blasphemy | mockery of God |
| pallor | paleness |
| sauntered | strolled |
| transcend | surpass/go beyond |
| absolution | forgiveness |
| implored | begged |
| concede | grant |
| extort | get by threats |
| void | empty |
| bequest | a gift |
| prowess | outstanding ability |
| temporal | limited to this world |
| lineage | ancestry |
| suffices | satisfies |
| pestilences | plague |
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