| A | B |
| 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 |
| brigands | bandits, gang members |
| chaise | a light horse-drawn carriage |
| condescension | behaving in a partronizing way |
| despoil | to take by force; to rob; to loot |
| gainsay | to deny |
| gigs | carriages without a hood |
| hoar-frost | ice crystals on the ground |
| irrepressible | not capable of being controlled |
| jcound | merry, cheerful |
| laths | thin strips of wood |
| negus | a hot drink of wine and lemon juice |
| pinioned | confined, shackled |