| A | B |
| hearth | stone/brick floor of fireplace often extending into a room |
| dredge | To dig up or unearth OR to sprinkle/coat (foods) |
| hewn | chopped, hacked, shaped by cutting OR follow (standards) closely |
| purchase | get by paying a price OR to gain leverage OR a firm grasp/footing |
| cultivate | To prepare/nurture (crops) by labor and care |
| buoyant | able to float OR able to keep aloft OR high spirits |
| rout | swarm, horde OR to defeat or overwhelm |
| excavate | to make hollow, to scoop out or lay bare |
| leaden | dull, spiritless, gloomy, heavy, hard to lift or budge OR lacking value |
| dregs | the solid pieces of matsediment of liquids OR least valuable or smallest part |
| scrimp | V, be sparing of; very economical |
| lavish | ADJ, very free in giving or spending |
| chasm | N, a big opening or crack in the Earth |
| haggle | V, to dispute especially about prices and baragains |
| resist | V, act against; strive against or oppose |
| downfall | N,a coming to rain sudden overflow |
| nuture | V, bring up faster rear train |
| frugal | ADV, without waste, saving things, using things well |
| glaze | N, put glass in cover in glass, N, a smooth glossy surface or coating |
| splurge | N, showing off, V, show off |
| aloft | ADV, far above the Earth up in the air high up |
| vessel | N, a large boat or ship |
| dote | V, be foolishly fond of, foolish |
| brusque | ADJ, abrupt in manner, or speech blunt |
| dwelling | N, place in which a person lives, house residence |