| A | B |
| benevolent | disposed to doing good |
| boar | male pig |
| Clementine | girl's name |
| climate | average weather conditions over a long period |
| cynical | knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing |
| dissent | opposite of agreement |
| drunk | participle of drink or intoxicated |
| ensconced | established, settled |
| foal | baby horse |
| paddock | pasture for livestock |
| prosperity | the condition of thriving |
| rafters | parallel beams that support a roof |
| raven | a black bird similar to a crow |
| scullery | a place where dishes are washed |
| trod | stepped on |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| vice | a moral fault |
| abundance | plethora |
| braided | interweaving strands of hair |
| confinement | imprisoned |
| cud | food that is rechewed by cows |
| cynic | a person who is cynical |
| dignity | worthy, honoured or esteemed |
| dissenter | a person who is vehemently opposed |
| dung | manure |
| paddock | a field for cows or horses |
| perch: a place where | birds sit |
| prosperity | the condition of being prosperous |
| ration: a portion determined | by supply |
| scullery maid | a girl who washes the dishes |
| stout: somewhat fat or a | dark beer |
| trodden | stepped on |
| tush: Yiddish slang for | buttocks |
| acute | sharp |
| blacksmith | a person who makes horseshoes |
| bolsheviks: Russian political party | that seized power in 1917 |
| chaff: seed covering separated | from the seed when threshing grain |