| A | B |
|---|
| covetous | adj. greedy; envious |
| shrewdly | adv. sharply; piercingly |
| grating | adj. harsh; rasping |
| withal | adv./prep. as well as; with that; all around |
| impropriety | n. An improper act or remark |
| homage | n. A show of honor or respect; tribute |
| endeavoring | v. Attempting; working toward; striving |
| miser | n. Someone who hoards (keeps) money and lives miserably |
| forbearance | n. patience; leniency |
| penance | n. A voluntary act of devotion or self- punishment in exchange for forgiveness of sin |
| lamentation | n. Expression of regret, mourning (sadness over a death), or sorrow |
| dirge | n. Song of mourning (sadness over a death) |
| reclamation | n. Act of reclaiming (taking back); restoration; returning to a better state |
| jocund | adj.Merry; high-spirited |
| fraught | adj./v. Loaded; filled |
| rakish | adj. dashing; jaunty (stylish); immoral; sexy |
| seething | adj./v. surging or foaming as if boiling |
| lavish | adj. given in great amounts |
| revelers | n. party-goers; singers; merry-makers |
| copper | n. copper pot |
| surplus | adj./n. excess above what is required |
| odious | adj. hateful, repulsive, offensive |
| wizened | adj. dried up; shriveled; wrinkled |
| deliquesce | v. to melt away |
| shrouded | adj./v. covered in a burial cloth or dress |
| waning | adj./v. decreasing, declining, failing |
| slovenly | adv. dressed dirtily and carelessly; untidy |
| loiter | v. hang around; to dawdle |
| undulates | to to move in waves; to fluctuate; to present a wavy appearance |
| intercedes | v. to plead on behalf of another; to mediate |
| beseech | v. to beg; to pray for earnestly |
| whets | v. to make keen; to excite; to make sharp |
