| A | B |
|---|
| amble | to walk at an easy leisurely pace; stroll |
| apothecary | a person who prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; pharmacist |
| assuage | to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate |
| chattel | slave |
| dictum | a formal or official pronouncement, as of a judge's opinion on a point of law |
| imprudent | marked by a lack of awareness or concern for the consequences of one's acts; rash; unwise |
| parallel | extending in the same direction and being the same distance apart at every point |
| piety | worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family |
| profound | having intellectual insight and depth |
| stricture | that which restricts or constrains |
| sweltering | overly hot or humid; sultry |
| taciturn | habitually silent and uncommunicative |
| unsullied | not stained, not soiled |
| vague | inexact, unclear, or indistinct in form or character |
