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24 Cards in this Set
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fealty
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the obligation or engagement to be faithful to a lord
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curtail
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to cut short in terms of time
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avert
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to draw or turn away from
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guild
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a group of people usually with the same profession
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tenure
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the holding or possessing of anything
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feudal
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relating to the middle ages. system of holding land and rank
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onerous
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burdensome; causing hardship
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chivalry
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nobility of knight
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troubadour
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any traveling singer or minstrel
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secular
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of or pertaining to worldly things other than religion
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supplication
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asking something of someone else
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allegory
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a symbolic narrative meant to teach a moral
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solicitous
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anxious or concerned for others
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sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic
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avouch
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testifying on behalf of
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prevarication
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the act of lying
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avarice
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greed for riches
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perdition
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a state of final spiritual ruin
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malady
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any disorder or disease of the body
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superfluity
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a superabundant or excessive amount
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super
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above; beyond
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lecherous
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erotically suggestive
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squire
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under a knight; learning to be a knight
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yeoman
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a servant under a squire or knight
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