| A | B |
|---|
| apoplexy | stroke |
| conduce | contribute |
| cynical | distrustful of human nature and its motives |
| domesticity | shortened, familiar form |
| expurgations | removals of objectionable elements |
| forte | strong point |
| glibly | nonchalantly, with easy lack of concern |
| indecorous | unseemly, not proper |
| invariably | in an unchanging manner |
| lax | not strict, loose |
| metaphysical | abstract, theoretical |
| profligate | dissolute, immoral |
| propounding | putting forward for consideration |
| purple | high ranks |
| salver | serving tray |
| semi-recumbent | half lying down |
| sententiously | in a pompously moralizing manner |
| surmised | guessed |
| tedious | boring, tiresomely dull |
| apprehensions | fears |
| arduous | difficult |
| chafe | become irritated |
| chronicle | record |
| débonnaire | suave |
| demeanour | outward manner |
| effeminiate | unmanly |
| emigrating | leaving one's country to live elsewhere |
| equanimity | the quality of being even-tempered under stress |
| internment | burial |
| lorgnette | eyeglasses with a handle |
| machinations | scheming, crafty actions |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humanity |
| neologistic | relating to a newly coined word |
| philanthropic | humanitarian, promoting human welfare |
| portmanteaus | large suitcases |
| presumptuous | excessively confident |
| quixotic | impractically idealistic |
| reconciliation | restoration of friendship |
| supercilously | in a haughtily scornful manner, disdainfully |
| utilitarian | emphasizing usefulness over beauty |
| apprised | informed |
| credulity | willingness to believe too readily |
| effrontery | disrespectful boldness |
| insuperable | incapable of being overcome |
| irrevocable | unalterable |
| ostentatiously | showily |
| Oxonian | graduate of Oxford University |
| quails | cowers |
| solicitors | lawyers |
| tutelage | state of being under a guardian |
