| A | B |
|---|
| scullery | samll room or section where food and utensils are cleaned |
| mincing | affectedly dainty, nice or elegant |
| tyranny | unrestrained exercise of power; abuse of authority |
| dissentients | one who disagrees |
| enmity | mutual hatred |
| expounded | stated in detail |
| spinney | small wood or thicket |
| unalterable | not capable of being altered |
| grudging | displaying reluctance or unwillingness |
| parasitical | living in or on another organism; living off other people |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to ones purpose or opinion |
| tractable | easily managed or controlled |
| irrepressible | incapable of being restrained |
| ignominious | humiliating; discreditable |
| posthumously | arising, occurring, or continuing after ones death |
| pretext | something put forward to conceal a true purpose or object |
| publican | any collector of taxes, tolls, or tribute |
| manifestly | evident, obvious, apparent |
| factions | a group of clique with a larger group |
| eloquence | practice or art of using language |
| sordid | meanly selfish, self-seeking |
| articulate | clearly spoken, distinct syllables |
| disinterred | to bring from obscurity |
| laborious | requiring much work and perseverance |
| arable | capable of producing crops; suitable for farming |
| perpendicularity | straight up and down |
| flagstaff | pole on which a flag is raised |
| malignity | state of intense ill will |
| chaff | the husks of grains and grasses separated during threshing |
| mangles | mutilate; disfigured |
| infanticide | act of killing an infant |
| capitulated | to surrender or give up resistance |
| stupefied | put into a state of no sensibility |
| categorically | in an unqualified manner |
| countenance | appearance; the look or expression of the face |
