| A | B |
|---|
| subtle | delicate; refined; shrewd; discerning |
| mundane | of this world, not of heaven; common, unimaginative |
| bestial | brutal; vile; brutish; of beasts |
| heathen | person who does not believe in God of the Bible;irreligious or unenlightened |
| guile | crafty deceit; trickery |
| chattel | a movable possession; |
| pigmentation | coloration of the tissue of plants and animals |
| opium | a narcotic drug derived from the poppy, causing sleep and easing pain |
| eloquent | grace and force in flow of speech |
| carnage | slaughter of a great number of people |
| abolition | to do away with completely a law, institution or custom |
| cohesion | tendency to hold together |
| maim | cut off or make useless some part of; cripple; disable |
| emulate | try to equal or excel |
| ell | old measure of length, chiefly for cloth - in England it was equal to 45 inches |
| depravity | wickedness; corruption |
