| A | B |
|---|
| profligate | wrecklessly wasteful |
| dissipation | wastefulness |
| noisome | harmful to one's health; foul smelling |
| hearth | stone or brick floor of a fireplace |
| pious | having or showing religious devotion |
| exhorter | one who urges or strongly advises |
| sagacity | keen perception |
| benevolent | kind; good |
| pernicious | causing great injury or destruction |
| ague | a fever, usually malarial, marked by chills |
| epoch | period of times in terms of noteworthy events, persons, etc. |
| reverence | feeling of deep respect, love & awe |
| impudence | shameless boldness |
| imbue | to dye or penetrate through |
| perdition | loss of the soul; hell |
| exculpate | to free from blame |
| evince | to show plainly; make clear |
| emancipation | act of giving one freedom |
