Vocabulary 10

Question 1

Medieval romance

Answer 1

• a verse or prose narrative that usually involves adventurous heroes, idealized love, exotic places, and supernatural events.
  -Idealized or larger-than-life characters
  A hero motivated by love, faith, honor, or adventurousness
  -Exotic settings and supernatural or magical events
  Hidden or mistaken identityx

Question 2

Knight errant

Answer 2

a knight who wanders about, searching for adventure in order to prove his chivalry; splay; display

Question 3

Burgeoning

Answer 3

Growing

Question 4

Dais

Answer 4

a raised platform where honored guests are seated

Question 5

Folly

Answer 5

Dangerous and foolish activity

Question 6

Baleful

Answer 6

Threatening evil; sinister

Question 7

Compact

Answer 7

Binding agreement

Question 8

Feinted

Answer 8

Pretended to attacking

Question 9

Scabbard

Answer 9

A sheath for a dagger or sword

Question 10

Dominion (n)

Answer 10

rule or power to rule; mastery

Question 11

Depredation (n):

Answer 11

destruction caused by robbery or looting

Question 12

Incumbent (adj):

Answer 12

required as a duty or an obligation

Question 13

Redress

Answer 13

repayment for a wrong or an injury

Question 14

Forbearance

Answer 14

: self-control; patient restraint

Question 15

Zenith

Answer 15

Highest point ; peak

Question 16

Usurp (v)

Answer 16

To seize unlawfully by force

Question 17

Issue

Answer 17

Offspring

Question 18

Gainsay

Answer 18

Deny

Question 19

Guile

Answer 19

Clever trickery ; deceit

Question 20

Trousseau

Answer 20

clothes and linens that a bride brings to her marriage

Question 21

Excalibur

Answer 21

Arthur’s remarkable sword, which originally came from the Lady of the
Lake

Question 22

Avalon

Answer 22

an island paradise of Celtic legend, where heroes are taken after death

Question 23

Contrition

Answer 23

sincere regret for wrongdoing