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Section 1 September-October |
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corpus |
forgo |
solar |
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privy |
astir |
barren |
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altar cloth |
impudence |
afflicted |
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aspire |
betrothed |
apprentice |
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sore |
cockfight |
amiss |
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prig |
aught |
peevish |
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cesspit |
alight |
inscribe |
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jouncing |
scriptorium |
crusaders |
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abbey |
rose hips |
blasphemy |
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archangel |
cordials |
wormwood |
| monk | ||
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Section 2 January-February |
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| foundling | feign | truss |
| fostering | martyr | profanity |
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boils |
heretic |
fasting |
| sacred | conceive | turmoil |
| draft | perishing | mummer |
| devout | suffice | tournament |
| tapestry | vex | gilt |
| procession | abominable | tragic |
| deliverance | ||
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Section 3 March-April |
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scholar |
remorse |
lisp |
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skewer |
alliance |
soothsaying |
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excessive |
international |
rollick |
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fearsome |
discreet |
omen |
| joust | abundant | endure |
| hermit | rend | beholden |
| hemlock | teem | Lent |
| porridge | wimple | morbid |
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Section 4 May-June |
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| saffron | dreary | swooned |
| timbrels | snare | odious |
| cymbals | delusion | contrive |
| lyres | lepers | maimed |
| frivolity | maggots | kirtles |
| morose | gluttony | illimitable |
| droning | eloquent | signify |
| melancholy | comely | |
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Section 5 July-September |
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| corrupt | commerce | guilds |
| suppurating | contemplating | relics |
| Maypole | couplets | procession |
| haste | unlettered | bedecked |
| negotiations | pellets | coax |
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Section 6 October - |
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| plaited | unromantic | cajole |
| circlet | engraved | bearbaiting |
| consent | vials | pondering |
| harrowing | rapturous | dispirited |
| prevail | incense | sheaf |
| distress | putrid | despicable |
| giddy | shrivel | confounded |
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Questions for Discussion • Are there parts of Catherine's medieval world that you find shocking or
surprising? Why do you think the author chose to include this information? |