| A | B |
|---|
| flourish | bold sweeping gestures |
| artisans | skilled workers |
| negotiating | to settle by talking through as in a conference |
| johnny cake | corn bread |
| genial | friendly, kindly, smiling |
| nonchalantly | having an air of unconcern; cool |
| stealthily | secret in action; slow; deliberate |
| impotence | lacking in power, strength; helpless |
| gumption | initiative |
| felon | painful inflammation of a finger |
| exasperation | irritated; annoyed |
| wary | cautious; careful |
| rakish | lively in manner or appearance; jaunty |
| arrogance | excessive pride; superiority |
| perpendicular | exactly upright; line of right angles |
| mantua-makers | people who make loose fitting gowns |
| moppet | darling child; baby |
| boatswain | petty officer on a merchant ship |
| assauge | satisfy hunger |
| chagrined | humiliation; embarrassed |
| wattles | fleshy part around face and neck |
| sparsely | thinly scattered; spread out |
| staves | a watchman's staff; a walking stick |
