Crispin: The Cross of Lead Chapters 25–30 flashcard

Front

sham in the sentence: “Then it is all a sham. You were only being blamed for what someone else did.”

Back

fake

Front

railed
Refusing, he railed at the top of his voice, threatening to inflict upon me every kind of grisly torture if I didn’t comply.

Back

shouted

Front

bluster
At first, his shouted warnings terrified me. But as the day wore on, I realized he was mostly bluster.

Back

boasting

Front

meandered At that place, it meandered among low hills, so that we never had a clear view for very far.

Back

wandered

Front

spinney “He led me into a small spinney, ample enough to hide us from view.”

Back

thicket

Front

mollify

He ruffled his beard. “It’s a private matter.” Then he added, as if to mollify me, “I’ve promised to be there. And so I must.”

Back

calm

Front

Then, when he stepped forward and snatched a mazer from the hands of one of the onlookers and added it to the revolving mix, there was laughter and applause.

Back

cup