| A | B |
|---|
| arbitrary | based on one's preference or whim |
| indiscreet | unwise or lacking caution in speech and action |
| impracticable | not capable of being used or carried out in practice |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| ingenious | clever; original; inventive; resourceful |
| rectitude | upright or moral conduct; strict honesty |
| annexed | added on; joined |
| unremitting | incessant; persistent, or not stopping or slackening |
| subsequent | coming after or following in time, place, order |
| investment | the committing of money into business, real estate or stocks and bonds to make a profit |
| interest | money paid for the use of money |
| tart | sour or sharp in taste or in meaning |
| trample | to crush, destroy, or hurt by walking heavily upon |
| bondage | slavery or serfdom |
| almanac | a yearly publication with weather forecasts, astronomical data, etc |
| compose | to calm or put into a state of tranquility |
| upright | straight up or in a vertical position |
| plowman | one who guides a plow; a farm worker |
| preach | to deliver a sermon, speaks in public or religious matters, or give moral advice |
| countenances | faces or facial expressions |
| indulge | to give in to, to humor, or to be easy or kind to |
| salutation | the act of greeting or welcoming |
| copious | plentiful, abundant |
| respiration | breathing; the act of inhaling and exhaling |
| improvident | without foresight; failing to provide for the future |
| avarice | greed, excessive desire for riches |
| aggravate | to make worse |
| procure | to get or to obtain |
| wretches | miserable people in deep distress or misfortune |
| arduous | difficult to do |
| temporal | worldly, earthly, or secular |
| solace | to comfort, console, or lessen grief or sorrow |
| insidious | treacherous, crafty, sly, or operating in a more dangerous manner than seems evident |
| comports | agrees or harmonizes with |
| remonstrances | protests, complaints, objections |
| inviolate | not violated; kept sacred or intact |
| supinely | passively, on the back with the face upward |
| extenuate | to lessen the seriousness of an offense by giving an excuse |
| invincible | unconquerable or undefeatable |
| celestial | heavenly divine, or relating to the heavens or sky |
| impious | lacking reverence for God |
| hypocrisy | a pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel |
| apparition | a ghost or phantom |
| apprehension | fear, dread, or foreboding |
| prudent | cautious, sensible, or exercising good judgment |
| martial | warlike, having to do with military life |
| chastise | to punish, esp. by beating |
| relinquish | to have given up, abandoned, surrendered, or let go |
| esteem | to respect, value, or have a great regard fro |
| censures | condemnations, blames, or strong criticisms, usually by a person or group in authority |
| complaisance | politeness or courtesy; willingness to please or to be agreeable |
| expunge | to erase, remove, blot out, or strike out |
| relinquish | to give up, abandon surrender, or let go |
| redress | compensation and satisfaction, as for a wrong done |
