| A | B |
|---|
| Throng | a great number of persons crowded together |
| behest | an earnest request |
| rankle | to cause persistent keen irritation or bitter resentment |
| propinquity | nearness in place or time |
| verdure | condition of health and vigor |
| sedulous | diligent in application |
| hornbook | a child's reading book consisting of a sheet of parchment or paper protected by a sheet of transparent horn |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| precocity | exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age |
| beneficence | an office to which the revenue from an endowment is attached |
| vivacity | being lively in temper or conduct |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper |
| upbraided | criticized |
| scintillating | to be brilliant or keen as in talent |
| scrofula | a form of tuberculosis |
| loquacity | exceedingly talkative |
| streamlet | a small stream |
| cadence | rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language |
