| A | B |
|---|
| beetling | overhanging; prominenet |
| bereft | deprived; parted from, abandoned |
| besought | past tense of beseech; to ask; beg |
| calico | white or unbleached cotton with no printed design |
| detestation | intense hatred |
| excrescence | a growth on the body or on an organ of the body |
| flaunting | showing off |
| frousy | (frowzy) untidy; shabby |
| hoarding | saving; keeping warm |
| intercourse | mutual dealing; communication between two people |
| offal | internal parts of an animal, such as the heart or liver |
| pendulous | hanging downwards and capable of swinging from side to side |
| persevered | to carry on (persist) in the face of discouragement or difficulty |
| sepulchers | burial vaults, tombs, graves |
| skrieks | an alternate spelling of 'squeaks' |
| bishops | a type of wine |
| farthing | an old British coin worth very little |
| feign | to prtray; imitate |
| sticking-plaister | adhesive tape; a band-aid |
