Vocabulary from "the merchant's tale"
1. Encumbrance ~ a burden or obstruction that happens
"Her clothes were an encumbrance to be shed." (Chaucer,376)
2. Dissension ~ disagreement between something
"'I beg you to agree without dissension.'" (Chaucer,363)
3. Virtuous ~ moral value, gift from God
"But virtuous and merry, nay, delicious." (Chaucer, 359)
4. Insinuate ~ to bend, curve
"To sweep and swear, insinuate and scold." (Chaucer, 389)
5. Fetter ~ a chain or shackle placed on the feet
"His thought, descending on her thus was fettered, It seemed to him choice could not be bettered." (Chaucer, 366)
6. Eschew ~ to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid
"Not as a paramour or lady-love, But curb lechery, which he should eschew, paying his debt whenever is falls due."
7. Rapture ~ (noun) experiencing a large amount of joy
"It's then he ought to take her, young and friar, / ... And lead a life of rapture and content, / ..." (Chaucer, 357-358)
8. Sapience ~ (noun) wisdom; the act of looking/trying to be smart
"...To take advice from anybody here, / Save that your sapience, after mediation, / ..." (Chaucer, 363)
9. Hoary ~ grayish-white
"I may seem hoary, but I'm like a tree." (Chaucer, 362)
10. Lechery ~ excessive or offensive sexual desire
"But to curb lechery, which he should eschew." (Chaucer, 362)
"Her clothes were an encumbrance to be shed." (Chaucer,376)
2. Dissension ~ disagreement between something
"'I beg you to agree without dissension.'" (Chaucer,363)
3. Virtuous ~ moral value, gift from God
"But virtuous and merry, nay, delicious." (Chaucer, 359)
4. Insinuate ~ to bend, curve
"To sweep and swear, insinuate and scold." (Chaucer, 389)
5. Fetter ~ a chain or shackle placed on the feet
"His thought, descending on her thus was fettered, It seemed to him choice could not be bettered." (Chaucer, 366)
6. Eschew ~ to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid
"Not as a paramour or lady-love, But curb lechery, which he should eschew, paying his debt whenever is falls due."
7. Rapture ~ (noun) experiencing a large amount of joy
"It's then he ought to take her, young and friar, / ... And lead a life of rapture and content, / ..." (Chaucer, 357-358)
8. Sapience ~ (noun) wisdom; the act of looking/trying to be smart
"...To take advice from anybody here, / Save that your sapience, after mediation, / ..." (Chaucer, 363)
9. Hoary ~ grayish-white
"I may seem hoary, but I'm like a tree." (Chaucer, 362)
10. Lechery ~ excessive or offensive sexual desire
"But to curb lechery, which he should eschew." (Chaucer, 362)