English 12B: Unit 4 Victorian Vocabulary Flashcards

casement

hinged window that opens like a door

reapers

people who harvest crops

sheaves

bundles of grain tied together after reaping

damsels

young unmarried women

abbot

head monk at a monastery

page

boy in training to be a knight

burnished

polished

mete

give out

dole

distribute

scepter

staff held by royalty that symbolizes authority

prudence

ability to govern with skill and goodjudgment

temper

frame of mind

chrysalis

hard outer shell that forms around a butterfly or insect during the
pupa stage of its life

garners

collects

diffusive

characteristic of diffusion, the spreading of substances

munificence

excessive generosity

dappled

spotted

counter

in opposition

turbid

muddy