| A | B |
|---|
| ornery | mean spirited |
| ambuscade | an ambush |
| highfalutin | pompaus or pretentious |
| stanchion | and upright post or pole |
| nabob | a person of weath and prominence |
| fantods | a state of nervous irritability |
| reticule | a drawstring handbag or purse |
| careen | to cause a boat to lean over to one side |
| rapscallion | a rascal |
| tohead | a sandbar in a river |
| infernal | of or related to hell |
| decanter | a decrotive bottle for serving wine |
| pommel | the upper front part of a saddle |
| cavort | to romp or prance |
| scow | a large flat bottomed boat used to transport freight |
| temperance | abstinence from alchohol |
| phrenology | the study of the skull to reveal character and mental capacity |
| dauphin | the eldest son of the king of france |
| dissipate | to separate into parts and disappear |
| histrionic | excessively dramatic |
| benefactor | on that gives aid espiecaly financial aid |
| imperative | requiring attension or action, necessary |
| sanctify | to make holy |
| doxology | and expression of praise to god |
| passel | a large quantity |
| obsequy | a funeral rite or ceremony |
| harrow | a farm tool used to even off plowed ground |
| sluice | a stream flowing through a floodgate |
| audacious | unrestrained by convention or propiety |
| scuthceon | a shield bearing a coat of arms |
