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Chp . 9. Vocabulary. homage-- special honor or respect shown publicly. E.g. They paid homage to the local boy who became President. gentry -- people of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth
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Vocabulary homage--special honor or respect shown publicly. E.g. They paid homage to the local boy who became President. gentry--people of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth prevarication—the act of behaving in an evasive way avow—assert or confess openly. E.g. He avowed that he had voted Democrat in every election.
ostler • a man employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn.