Wk#3 Brit Lit Vocab

**husbandry**

thrifty management of domestic resources; “husbandry in heaven”

**summons**

a request or demand

**franchise**

to make or set free

**palpable**

tangible

**marshal**

to usher or lead

**surfeit**

to eat or drink excessively

**contend**

to struggle or oppose

**clamor**

to make loud noises

**badge**

to mark with a badge

**benison**

benediction; the __utterance__ or __bestowing__ of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service.

**Heath**

an area of open wasteland overgrown with heather, low shrubs, etc.

**Recomposed**

to pay, reward

**Harbinger**

a person or thing signaling or announcing what is to come – originally announcing the king

**Chastise**

to punish, scold severely

**Adage**

an old saying accepted as true

**Chamberlain**

a person who manages the household of a ruler of nobleman

**Hurly-burly**

noisy disorder and confusion 

**Thane**

a member of an aristocratic class and holds land (a little different than the Anglo-Saxon origin)

**Bellona**

ancient Roman goddess of war. Notice the word stem bell in her name. Bell means war, and appears in words like belligerent, bellicose, rebel, and ante bellum.