Chuacer's Vocabulary Terms

wend

to proceed slowly in one direction

personable

having a pleasing personality

host

a person who entertains guests

accrue

to happen as of natural growth or addition

motley

exhibiting great diversity of elements in appearence

secular

relating to worldly things, not religious

asunder

into separate parts

buffoon

a person who amuses others with jokes

felicity

state of being happy in a high degree

tricked

an object that has been decorated

sanguine

cheerfully optimistic, somewhat complacent. Representative of blood red

ecclesiast

a part of a church body

pallor

unusual or extreme paleness

stile

a series of steps to pass a barrier to cattle

tarry

to remain or stay in place

supple

pliant or flexible

audit

official verification of accounts, especially financial

mercenary

a person hired to fight for another country than their own

gentry

well born and well-bred people of the upper class

encumbered

to impede or hinder

heath

tract of uncultivated land with shrubs

hallowed

regarded as holy

sundry

various or diverse

boorish

crude or insensitive, ill-mannered

burnished

to polish a surface by friction, usually metal

penitent

someone who repents sin

vintage

wine from a particular harvest

effigies

a representation or monument

prevarication

a deliberate misstatement or lie

pierce

to penetrate with a sharp object