| A | B |
|---|
| mince | soften or moderate with words |
| wiles | tricks |
| flaxen | having the pale grayish-yellow color of flax fiber |
| faugh | used to express disgust |
| lee | protecting shelter |
| sodden | expressionless, stupid or dull, especially from drink |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| catamountain | any of the various wild cats |
| chapleted | wearing a wreath on the head |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| scudding | to run or skim along swifly and easily |
| aghast | struck by shock, terror, or amazement |
| feign | pretedn, dissemble |
| bemire | to soil with mud or dirt |
| haggard | wild in appearance, having worn or thin, emaciated appearance |
| frippery | cast-off clothes; a place where old clotes are stroed; showy; finery; non-essential |
| bawdy | obscene, lewd |
| dunghill | a heap of animal excrement; a foul, degraded condition or place |
| swilling | to drink greedily or grossly |
| beguiled | lead by deception |
| travail | a physical or mental exertions working |
| girth | a measure around the body |
| cavil | to raise trivial objections |
| eunuch | a castrated man |
| contrivance | a mechanical device |
| boded | indicated by signs |
| expiated | acquitted (free or clear in law) |
| mottled | splotchy |
| bodkin | knife, or sword, dagger |
| trull | prostitute, strumpet |
| flagon | flask |
| mountebank | a person who sell quack medicines, CHARLATAN |
| lissome | lithe, supple |
| tippled | excessively drunk |
| vagabonds | tramps |
| buttress | a structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement |
| impious | not pious, lacking reverence |
| flay | to strip off the skin |
| fetter | a shackle or chain for feet; restraint; to bind with fetter |
| wanton | playful, unruly, abandoned, gratuitous, unbridled |
| libation | the ritual of pouring wine or oil on something in honor of a god; drink |
| brazen | brass-like; having no shame |
| doxy | a hussy; wench |
| victuals | food or other provisions |
| dotage | feeble & childish stated due to old age; |
| temperance | moderation or self-restraint; abstinence from alcoholic liquors |
| chary | very cautious, wary |
| addled | to become confused |
| primness | precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous |
| glib | fluent and often superficial |
