| A | B |
|---|
| panegyric | p.32 aformal eulogistic composition intended as as public compliment; elaborate praise (n) |
| chimera | p.33 a creation of the imagination; an impossible and foolish fancy; in Greek mythology a monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpant (n) |
| Paracelsus | p.25 Swiss alchemist and physician who wrote on medicine |
| syndics | p.17 a civil magistrate or similar government official |
| physiognomy | p.35 the art of judging human character from facial features |
| charnel-houses | p.37 a place for receiving the dead |
| pertinacity | p.47 being stubbornly or perversely persistent |
| salubrious | p.55 wholesome or healthful |
| cabriolet | p.58 a two wheeled one-horse carriage with two seats and a folding top |
| exculpated | p.66 to clear of a charge; to prove guiltless or blameless |
| ignominy | p.69 dishonor, infamy |
| incommodeal | p.92 |
| scion | p.104 a descendent or an heir |
| succour or succor | p.124 assistance or help in time of distress |
| imprecate | p.125 to envoke a curse upon |
| siroc | p.134 |
| exordium | p.136 a beginning or introductory part especially of a speech or treatise |
| remembrancers | p.146 one that causes another to remember; a reminder |
| piny | p.146 resembling pines or covered with pines |
| sophisms | p.151 a plausible but fallacious argument |
| inexorable | p.153 unyielding, not capable of being persuaded by entreaty |
| augury | p.160 divination; foretelling events by obseving and interpreting signs and omens |
| machinations | p.170 the act of plotting |
| asseverations | p.193 serious declarations; affirrm positvely |
| opprobrium | p.203 disgrace arising from shameful conduct; scornful reproach or contempt |
