| A | B |
|---|
| carrion | decaying flesh of a dead body |
| fortitude | courage |
| whet | to stimulate |
| obstinate | determined to have one's way |
| usurer | money lender charging high interest |
| ostentation | a showy display |
| parsimony | stinginess or being cheap |
| expediency | doing what' selfish instead of right |
| superfluous | excessive or unnecessary |
| piety | devotion to religious duties |
| farthing | former British coin-1/4 penny |
| coffers | chests for holding money |
| prevalent | widely accepted |
