| A | B |
|---|
| tenants | one who rents or leases from a landlord |
| exclusive | restricted in distribution, use, or appeal because of expense |
| alcove | a small, secluded (secret) section of a room |
| bookie | one who determines odds (in gambling) and receives and pays off bets |
| stocky | compact, sturdy, and relatively thick in build |
| maggots | a soft-bodied legless grub that is the larva of a dipterous insect (as in a housefly) |
| grappled | to come to grips with; to deal with |
| stubble | a rough surface or growth resembling stubble; especially: a short growth of beard |
| asylum | an institution for the care of the destitute or sick and especially the insane |
| hassock | a padded cushion or low stool that serves as a seat or leg rest |
| corpse | a dead body (usually a human being) |
| podiatrist | a doctor who performs medical care and treatment on the human foot |
| corn | a small, hard, skin particle that forms on the foot |
| amputation | to cut a limb from the body |
| gaunt | excessively thin an angular |
| putrid | foul smelling and rotten |
| receding | to grow less or smaller |
| vigil | an act or period of watching or surveillance |
| meager | deficient in quality or quantity |
| coroner | a public officer whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes |
| beneficiary | one that benefits from something (namely a will) |
| heiress | a female heir to great wealth (will inherit something) |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property |
| executor | the person appointed by the testator, to carry out a will |
| testator | a person who dies, leaving a will in force |
| appraise | to evaluate the worth, status, or significance of |
| mourning | to feel or express grief or sorrow (especially over a death) |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from (to give up) |
| aviator | the operator or pilot of an aircraft and especially an airplane |
| invalid | one that is sickly or disabled |
| convulsions | an abnormal, violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles (causes violent shaking in the body) |
| diagnosis | the act or art of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms |
| scrutiny | close watch |
