Vocabulary Ch. 10 & 11
Word
Cudgel
Definition (Dictionary.com)
a short, thick stick used as a
B at, Stick
weapon; club
Loathsome
Frowzy
causing feelings of loathing;
Hateful,
disgusting; revolting;
despicable,
repulsive
wicked, shameful
dirty and untidy; slovenly
Unkempt,
disheveled
Malignant
disposed to cause harm,
Evil, hateful
suffering, or distress
deliberately; feeling or
showing ill will or hatred
Mummeries
A pretentious or hypocritical
show or ceremony
Ruffianly
tough; lawless; brutal
Freighted
to load; burden
Joviality
adj. Marked by hearty
Fun, cheerfulness
conviviality and good cheer
Sordid
dirty or filthy
Squalid,
disgusting, grimy
Interposing
to place between; cause to
intervene
Infuriated
to make furious; enrage
Eftsoons
once again; anew
Spurious
not genuine, authentic, or true;
False, unauthentic
not from the claimed,
pretended, or proper source;
counterfeit
Usurper
to seize and hold (a position,
office, power, etc.) by force or
without legal right
Bawdkin
embroidered fabric made of
woven silk and gold thread
Bawdricks
ornamental belts worn
diagonally across the chest
Voyded
cut to show the garment
underneath
Cannell-bone
collarbone
Mommarye
mummery, or mined acting
Taunt
to reproach in a sarcastic,
Mock, sneer at,
insulting, or jeering manner;
tease
mock
Goad
anything that pricks or wounds Provoke,
like such a stick
Mortification
stimulate
A feeling of shame,
humiliation, or wounded pride
Mobtide
Revel
to take great pleasure or
Get drunk
delight
Liege
a feudal lord entitled to
allegiance and service
Prodigious
extraordinary in size, amount,
extent, degree, force
Abnormal