Wk#3 Brit Lit Vocab

thrifty management of domestic resources; “husbandry in heaven”

a request or demand

to make or set free

tangible

to usher or lead

to eat or drink excessively

to struggle or oppose

to make loud noises

to mark with a badge

benediction; the utterance or bestowing of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service.

an area of open wasteland overgrown with heather, low shrubs, etc.

to pay, reward

a person or thing signaling or announcing what is to come – originally announcing the king

to punish, scold severely

an old saying accepted as true

a person who manages the household of a ruler of nobleman

noisy disorder and confusion

a member of an aristocratic class and holds land (a little different than the Anglo-Saxon origin)

ancient Roman goddess of war. Notice the word stem bell in her name. Bell means war, and appears in words like belligerent, bellicose, rebel, and ante bellum.