| A | B |
|---|
| abut | border on; adjoin |
| bane | cause of death, ruin or distress |
| deign | to think benaeth one's dignity |
| eke | to supplement; to mamage to make a living with difficulty |
| knell | to ring in a slow, solemn way; toll |
| mete | to allot, distribute or apportion |
| moot | discussion or argument of a hypothetical law case; debateable |
| mulct | to punish by fine or by depriving of something |
| plumb | perfectly vertical, directly |
| quail | to draw back in fear, loose heart or courage |
| roil | to make a liquid cloudy or muddy, to stir up or agitate |
| shunt | to move or turn to one side; to shift or switch from track one to another |
| svelte | slender and graceful; suave; polished |
| thrall | a slave or bondman; a person under the moral or psycological domination of somethingor someone. |
| tryst | an appointment, as by lovers, to meet. |
