| A | B |
|---|
| countenance | one's facial expression |
| austere | plain and without luxury |
| coquetry | flirty behaviour |
| ravages | to wreck or damage something |
| loathing | hatred |
| apocryphal | probably not true |
| geniality | friendliness |
| hitherto | up to a this point in time |
| nocturnal | functioning at night |
| balderdash | nonsense |
| disquietude | not peaceful |
| wont | a habit or custom |
| pedant | somebody overly concerned with rules and details |
| ill-contained | easily visible; obvious |
| odious | hateful |
| dingy | dirty or grimy |
| connossieur | an expert in something |
| ruminated | to think about something over and over again |
| carbuncles | an inflamed sore or boil |
| prohibition | not to allow something |
| recluse | one who does not go out in public very much |
| mien | someone's normal facial expression or way of acting |
| diaphanous | transparent; see-through |
| alternation | taking turns |
| exorbitant | extremely large or high |
| malefactor | one who does wrong or bad things |
| pungent | smelling very bad |
| effulgence | brightness |
| ebullition | a sudden outbreak of violent emotion |
| feint | to fake something |
| succumbed | to give in to something; to die |
| heralded | announced |
| usurp | to steal what is not rightfully yours |
| "your tale has gone home" | I have understood the point or purpose of your story |
| "eye-sore" | something displeasing to look at |
| "put my shoulder to the wheel" | to work very hard at something |
| " fortnight" | two weeks |
| "Scotland Yard" | the name for or the location of the London police force |
