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The Millers Tale-Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

jaunty and stylish

a)

pert

b)

bleary

c)

elope

d)

trance

2.

to run off to get married secretly

a)

elope

b)

larder

c)

fortnight

d)

settee

3.

a state of half-consciousness between being asleep and awake

a)

trance

b)

embrace

c)

bleary

d)

sepulchral

4.

to take into one’s arms

a)

embrace

b)

settee

c)

brandishing

d)

pert

5.

a person who is killed or suffers greatly in the name of his or her religion or another belief or cause

a)

martyr

b)

larder

c)

charger

d)

wimple

6.

suggestive of a tomb or a funeral

a)

sepulchral

b)

prioress

c)

wimiple

d)

larder

7.

blurry or dim from sleep or weariness

a)

bleary

b)

brandishing

c)

elope

d)

pert

8.

waving or shaking (something such as a weapon) in a threatening manner

a)

brandishing

b)

brimistone

c)

charger

d)

elope

9.

a pantry where food is stored

a)

larder

b)

brimstone

c)

fortnight

d)

prioress

10.

a period of time two weeks long

a)

fortnight

b)

settee

c)

charger

d)

pert

11.

sulfur

a)

brimstone

b)

pert

c)

elope

d)

larder

12.

a long wooden bench with arms and a high back

a)

settee

b)

embrace

c)

martyr

d)

fortnight

13.

a long-handled metal implement, usually with a stamp or symbol at the end, that is heated and pressed against a surface, especially the skin of a cow, to make a burn of a particular shape for identification

a)

branding-iron

b)

brandishing

c)

bleary

d)

blade

14.

a woman who holds a high office in a convent

a)

prioress

b)

wimple

c)

charger

d)

pert

15.

a headcloth worn by a woman (usually a nun) that folds outward at the chin

a)

wimple

b)

charger

c)

larder

d)

trance

16.

a horse that is ridden in battle

a)

charger

b)

wimple

c)

elope

d)

martyr