| A | B |
|---|
| affectation | speech or conduct not natural to oneself; an adopted mannerism |
| auspicious | favorable; offering a favorable sign; propitious; boding well |
| beguile | to deceive |
| beseech | to beg, to implore |
| chide | to scold |
| countenance | (v.) to put up with; to allow; to stand; or, (n.) face |
| covenant | contract |
| cozened | cheated; deceived through shrewdness |
| credulous | trusting |
| dirge | a slow, solemn, and mournful song or poem; a lament |
| disdainful | scornful |
| dissemble | to pretend; to lie |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel; to imitate and model |
| engender | to produce |
| enmity | hostility; hate; ill-will |
| felicity | something very well suited or appropriate; happiness or contentment; bliss |
| gratis | without charge or recompense; free |
| harbinger | one that pioneers in or initiates a major change; a forerunner; precursor; omen |
| impious | irreverent; sinful; wicked; immoral; not pious |
| importune | to beg |
| impotence | the quality or state of being powerless or ineffective |
| insolent | haughty, rude, impudent |
| interim | between times |
| keen | sharp; acute |
| lethargy | laziness; sluggishness; drowsiness; lack of energy |
| malady | sickness |
| malice | ill will; desire to harm |
| mandate | decree |
| martial | warlike and fierce |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament |
| mirth | cheer, joy, delight |
| mountebank | fraud; swindler; imposter |
| notorious | disreputable |
| obsequious | excessively attentive, flattering, or obedient; servile; fawning |
| odious | detestable; hateful |
| overt | openly done; unconcealed |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| parley | to conference; to discuss |
| pate | top of the head |
| peevish | irritable |
| penitent | remorseful |
| peruse | to read |
| pine | to yearn |
| portentous | significant; fateful; eliciting amazement or wonder; prodigious |
| procure | to obtain |
| prodigal | wasteful; profligate; excessive |
| restitution | compensation for loss, damage, or injury; restoration of something to its rightful owner |
| shrive | to confess and receive purification for one’s sins |
| slander | to libel; defame; slur |
| surly | sullen |
| surmise | to guess; conjecture |
| tarry | to linger |
| tedious | wearying |
| temperate | moderate |
| unfeigned | sincere; not faked |
| usurp | to seize power unrightfully; to take over |
| vehement | fierce; forceful |
| veritable | unquestionable |
| vex | to annoy |
| visage | face; countenance |
