| A | B |
| discomfiture | defeat in court battle; embarrassment |
| sillabubs | a drink made by curdling milk with an acidy beverage |
| seditious | resistance to or against lawful authority |
| suave | superficially gracious; sophisticated; smooth |
| fagots | a bundle of sticks |
| equitation | the art of horseback riding |
| hippogriffs | a legendary animal having the foreparts of a griffin and the body of a horse |
| crystalline | resembling crystal, transparent |
| cavorting | prancing |
| gaits | walk, trot, pace, canter by which a horse moves forward |
| sorrel | a light brown to brownish-orange chestnut colored horse |
| expenditure | using up his energy |
| reveled | to take intense satisfaction |
| fatuous | silly, foolish, stupid |
| atrophying | the wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| orgy | lack of control or moderation |
| abets | to encourage, assist, in the achievement of a purpose |
| self-contained | independent |
| expansive | delusions of self-importance, open |
| enmity | hatred; ill will |
| reserve | caution in one's words and actions |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm; cool |
| trussed | tightly tying up the legs |