Crispin Vocabulary 4-7

Chapter - 4
Untoward

-unfavorable or unfortunate
Thatch

-a covering of such a material
Bailiff

-an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy
Reeve

-an administrative officer of a town or district
Mean
-to have in mind as one's purpose or intention
Pinnacle

-the highest or culminating point, as of success
Meander

-to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course
Impenetrable
-not able to go through
Fallow
-plowed and left unseeded for a season or more uncultivated
Infidels

-a person who does not accept a particular faith
Chapters - 5/6
Canonical

-pertaining to established by or conforming to a canon or canons
Strident

-making or having a harsh sound grating creaking
Clamor

-a loud uproar
Apprehension

-anticipation of adversity or misfortune, suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil
Implore

-to beg urgently or piteously
Hue

-a gradation or variety of a color
Cry

-to utter inarticulate sounds
Chapter - 7
Skittish

-shy
Petitions

-a formally drawn request
Moot

-open to discussion or debate

Treason

-the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign
Plight

-unfavorable or unfortunate one
Curfew

-an order establishing a specific time in the evening after which certain regulations