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countenance
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noun: appearance, especially facial expression
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he had a pretty countenance
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emaciated
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adj: having become extremely thin from starvation or illness
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he looked emactiated coming back from irag
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gaudy
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adj; tastelessly ornamented; overly decorated
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she wore gaudy earrings
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grimace
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N; a contorted facial expression of pain or disgust
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he had a grimace on his face after trying sushi
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grotesque
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adj; exceptionally severe deformaty or disturtion that is almost a caricature
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he had a grotesque looking face
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immaculate
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adj: pure; stainless; spotless
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becca's house is immaculate
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unkempt
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adj: untidy; messy; in dissarray
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sarah ann's room is unkempt
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amphitheater
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n: an area surrounded by rows of seats sloping upward from the center
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boudoir
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n: a woman's private dressing room, sitting room, or bedroom
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von's boudoir
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crypt
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n: an underground burial vault, especially one under a church
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under ground grave
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foyer
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n: a lobby or entrance hall
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christmas tree in the foyer
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agnostic
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n: one who believes the existence of God cannot be proved but who does not deny such existence may be possible
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thomas is agnostic
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atheist
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noun: one who does not believe God exists
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blasphemy
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noun: an act of contempt for something sacred, or for God.
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orthodox
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adj: adhering to established, especially religious, beliefs
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greek orthodox stayed the same
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pacifist
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noun: one who opposes aggression or violence
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hippies are pacifist. they dont like war
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zealous
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ADJ: enthusiastically devoted to a cause or goal
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he is zealously pro life.
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contempt
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N: angry disregard; haughty disgust
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he showed contempt by slamming the door
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extortion
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noun: the act of obtaining funds through force or intimidattion
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he robbed the store through extortion
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impending
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upcoming, about to occur
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incarcerate
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to jail
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he got incarcerated for murder
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penal
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adj: concerning punishment for crime
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he studied penal codes to lessen his sentence
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eminent
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standing out in quality or position
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dr. mcdreamy is an eminent brain surgeon.
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nautical
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having to do with ships or sailors
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his nautical nonsense
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amphibious
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capable of living on land or water
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frogs
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tacit
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implied but not expressed
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his hate was tacit
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vicarious
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experiencing indirectly through another
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he vicariously accepted chrisr
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capital
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assets
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money
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incentive
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something motivating one to act
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another word for initiative
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audit
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to examine and verify accounts
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audit accound
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facsimile
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precise copy
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fax
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subordinate
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subject to another's control
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he is subordinate to his boss
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epic poem
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a long narrative poem that recounts a hero. involves supernatural events, long time periods, distant journeys, life and death struggles.
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folk epic
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focuses on one character
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alliteration
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beginning nearby words or stressed syllables with the same, usually cononant, sound.
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miserable, mighty men tormented
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caesura
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an obvious pause in a line of poetry
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kenning
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a stock metaphorical phrase used instead of a simple noun to identify something with something it is not
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whale road
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lyric poetry
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poetry that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings
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short & musical
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irony
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expectation and reality
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allusion
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references authors expect you to know
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cain
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apostrophe
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speaker talks to an inanimate object
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hyperbole
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uses exaggeration, strong emotion
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synecdoche
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a part is use for a whole
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imagery
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"word pictures"
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theme
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main idea
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personification
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animals get human qualities
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epitaph
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memory of someone
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elegy
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serious poem in memory
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fate
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wyrd
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hrothgar
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king of denmark
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welthow
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wife of hrothgar
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healfdane
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father of hrothgar
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beowulf
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hero: from sweden
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edgetho
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beowulf's dad
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hyglac
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uncle of beowulf
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wiglaf
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helps beowulf beat dragon
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grendel
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monster
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geats
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geatland
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scops
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poets
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beowulf takes place in _______ then ________.
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Denmark then Geatland
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leader in LOF
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ralph
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intellectual LOF
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Piggy
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killed piggy
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roger
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forgot his name
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percival
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littlun with mullbery birthmark
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killed in fire
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simon
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"christ like"
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symbol
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conch
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ralph cried for
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end of innocence, darkness of man's heart
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Beowulf was written in
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old english
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BW was written by
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unknown
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geats are from
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south sweden
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Harot was a _____ ______ which is a large dining hall
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mead hall
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helped beowulf fight dragon
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wiglaf
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CT - 5 tradesman came from
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craftguild
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pardoner
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known as dainty
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chaucer admires 2 people
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knight and parson
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stories were written to
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entertain
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the prize of the best story is
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supper
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the prize goes to the
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most pleasing and uplifting
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outsmarted lawyers
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manciple
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beowulf written in
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1000 ad
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dont get author confused with
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narrator
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knight
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first described
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wife of bath
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married 5 times, slightly deaf
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nun
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prioress:
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liked to hunt:
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monk
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servant:
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yeoman
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fryer
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hubert: liscene to beg. found girls husbands after getting them pregnant
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impressive with no one knowing he is in debt
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merchant
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"gladly would he learn and gladly teach"
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oxford cleric
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able attourney
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sgt. of law
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with lawyer
open to visitors |
franklin
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squire
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hot young lover
20 yrs old knight's son |
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parson
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preacher: ideal christian
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plowman
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with parson
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miller
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wart on nose with hair
good at stealing grain |
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reeve
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lawyer
bought food for law students |
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summoner
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bad acne
dirty old man paid to summon |
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pardoner
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sold pardons
most corrupt more like a womans sold fake holy relics |
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harry bailey
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host at tabard inn
came up with idea of tales |
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doctor
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loved gold
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sailor
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skipper
no conscience |
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with 5 trademan. specialty was pie with sause color of sore
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cook
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belonged to union
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5 trademan
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