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Ink on HIs Fingers
Ink on His Fingers vocab. Chapters 1 - 3
Term | Definition |
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dismay | discouragement, distress |
plaguing* | continually pestering/harassing |
subsided* | became less intense |
missal | book of texts used in a Catholic Mass |
scriptorium* | a room in a monastery set aside for writing, copying, and illuminating of manuscripts |
monastery* | a community of monks who live under religious vows |
accomplice* | a person who helps another commit a crime |
prior* | the head of a monastery |
frescoes* | paintings done on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling |
imperious | domineering, bossy |
eccentric* | peculiar, strange |
derisive | contemptuous, scornful |
incredulous | the inability to believe |
aristocrat* | a member of the nobility |
confiscate* | seize, take |