Crispin+Chapter+4


 * untoward- strange
 * The man acted untowardly.


 * thatch- a roof covering of straw
 * My grandparents lived in a house made of a thatch.


 * bailiff- person who performs as a police men.
 * I wanted to be a bailiff, but I didn’t.


 * reeve- the president of a town council
 * The reeve told us to pay taxes.


 * mean- small
 * I had a mean amount of money in my pocket


 * pinnacle- top of the rock
 * I would never want to get on the pinnacle.


 * meander- follow a winding course
 * The river meanders around like a worm.


 * impenetrable- impossible to pass through or enter
 * The wooden door was impenetrable.


 * fallow- plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus
 * My grandparents grew crops on his fallows.


 * infidels- people who don’t believe in religion
 * My parents were infidels, but they believe in Christianity now.