| A | B |
|---|
| Covetous | jealously eager to possess something |
| Destitute | poor |
| Dip | a candle made from repeatedly dipping a wick into wax |
| dirge | a song or melody of mourning, usually associated with funerals |
| facetious | playful, joking, lighthearted |
| fain | willing, eager |
| fettered | chained, shackled |
| gruel | a thin cereal-like oatmeal |
| hob | a shelf beside a fire to keep the kettle hot |
| incredulous | not willing to believe, skeptical |
| misanthropic | disliking people or mankind in general |
| palpable | capable of being felt |
| portly | overweight, stout |
| shade | a ghost |
| situation | a position of emplyment |
| agitation | turmoil |
| avarice | extreme greed for riches |
| capacious | spacious, gang members |
| corroborated | confirmed, supported, verified |
| cupola | a domed roof |
| half-recumbent | half lying down |
| jocund | merry, cheerful |
| latent | not yet revealed or apparent; potential but not obvious yet |
| pillaged | to rob (a town) of goods, especially during war |
| pommel | to strike repeatedly with fists |
| porter | a dark sweet ale brewed from black malt |
| 'prentice | (dialect) apprentice |
| reclamation | rehabilitation; conversion from an unsatisfactory state |
| supposition | a theory |
| withered | shriveled up |
