Read the excerpt from the general prolgue to the canterbury tales. but with these relics, when he came upon some poor up-country priest or backwoods parson, in just one day he’d pick up far more money than any parish priest was like to see in two whole months. with double-talk and tricks he made the people and the priest his dupes. but to speak truth and do the fellow justice, in church he made a splendid ecclesiastic. which underlined word best characterizes the pardon-seller as a swindler? backwoods money double-talk priest

Double talk

Explanation:

A 'swindler' is generally meant for someone who deceives and cheats people from their own money. The pardoner or pardon seller in "The Canterbury Tales" of Geoffrey Chaucer is also described to be one. With his ability to double talk, he dupes people of their money, making "far more money Than any parish priest was like to see In two whole months". Even the narrator mentions "With double-talk and tricks He made the people and the priest his dupes", characterizing him as a swindler.

warren buffett- the oracle of omaha warren buffett came from a normal type of family in nebraska. when hew as young, he understood the value of investing money and gaining interest on that investment. he strived hard at several jobs, but what made him one of the wealthiest men in the world was his gift for allocating capital within a free market system. warren buffett is an example of a man whose wealth is owed largely to the free enterprise system. buffett was able to allocate his money however he wanted, investing in businesses that he thought could compete effectively. without the free market system, he would not have the right to invest however he wanted, and would not have become so wealthy.

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