| A | B |
|---|
| harlequin | a mischievous person; a buffoon |
| usurer | perso nwho lends money at an extremely high or unlawful rate of interest |
| vouchsafed | willing to grant or give |
| enigma | a baffling or puzzling problem, situation, or person; puzzling statement; riddle |
| fractious | easily made angry; hard to manage; unruly |
| badinage | good-natured joking; banter |
| seraglio | a Turkish palace; harem |
| augment | to become greater; increase |
| puerile | foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish |
| plebeian | belonging or having to do with the common people; common |
| profligate | a person who is wicked, shamelessly bad, or extravagant |
| debauchery | departure from duty, virtue, or morality; corruption |
| chimera | a horrible creature of te imagination; an absurd or impossible idea; a wild fancy |
| prurience | having lustful thoughts or wishes |
| interlocutor | a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue |
| superfluous | having more than is needed |
| eschewed | keep away from; avoid; shun |
| plover | small shore birds with short tails and bills and long, pointed wings |
| remuneration | a reward, pay; payment |
| unalloyed | not mixed with something bad or debased |
| aperture | an opening |
| inanition | weakness from lack of food, emptiness |
| cuirass | piece of armor for the body made of a breastplate and a plate for the back fastened together |
| torpid | dull, inactive, sluggish |
| slatternly | dirty, careless, or untidy |
