The Pillars of the Earth By Ken Follett

Janet S. (United States of America)
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  1. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  2. guff
    unacceptable behavior
  3. clerestory
    part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light
  4. intimation
    a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  5. grisly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  6. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  7. porridge
    soft food made by boiling meal or legumes in water or milk
  8. apprentice
    someone who works for an expert to learn a trade
  9. vulgar
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  10. nave
    the central area of a church
  11. chalice
    a bowl-shaped drinking vessel
  12. gallows
    an instrument from which a person is executed by hanging
  13. protuberant
    curving, jutting, or bulging outward
  14. lank
    long and thin and often limp
  15. cockerel
    a young domestic cock; not older than one year
  16. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  17. scullery
    a small room next to the kitchen for household jobs
  18. obliquely
    not in a direct or straightforward manner
  19. wench
    a young woman
  20. trowel
    a small hand tool with a handle and metal blade
  21. monastery
    the residence of a religious community
  22. minstrel
    a singer of folk songs
Created on Thu Aug 13 21:03:33 EDT 2009 (updated Thu Aug 13 21:29:26 EDT 2009)

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