| A | B |
|---|
| ambled | to walk at a slow leisurely pace |
| apothecary | an early form of a pharmacist, apothecaries could also prescribe drugs. |
| assuaged | to lessen or to calm. |
| beadle | a minor city official, lower in rank than either a sheriff or a policeman, whose main duties revolve around preserving order at various civil functions such as trials and town hall meetings |
| brethen | in this case, members of a particular church or sect |
| corsets | a ladies undergarment designed to produce a particular effect on the figure. That effect usually results ina slim (or slimmer) waist and larger busts and hips. |
| dictum | in this case, a formal statement of principle |
| domiciled | a house or a place where a person lives |
| eaves | the lower edges of a roof which usually project beyond the side of the building |
| foray | you go somewhere or do something that is unusual or not normal for you |
| impotent | powerless |
| impudent | to be shamelessly bold, as if you don't care what anyone thinks about you |
| Methodists | members of a branch of a Protestant Christian denomination |
| picket | a pointed or sharpened pole or stake |
| piety | devotion to religious duties and practices |
| predilection | a preference, or a preferred way of doing something |
| ramrod | rigid, severe, straight |
| repertoire | all the special skills a person has |
| vapid | boring or uninteresting |
| scold | someone who often finds fault with people or things |
| spittoon | a jarlike container to spit into; usually used to spit tobacco juice into |
| strictures | conditions or rules |
| taciturn | almost always silent |
| unsullied | something that has been basically untouched or unused |
| veranda | a portico or porch with a roof |
| catawba worms | caterpillars that are highly prized by fisherman in the southern United States |
| condescended | to agree to do something that you believe to be beneath your dignity |
| covey | a group |
| crimson | blood-red |
| cunning | attractive or cute. Almost too cute |
| entailment | a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property. |
| hookworms | a type of parasite |
| immune | that something has no effect on you |
| indigenous | belonging to a particular region or country |
| script stamps | paper money of all denominations (less than $1.00) issued for temporary emergency use. |
| seceded | to break away |
| smilax | a bright green twining vine, often used for holiday decoration |
| sojourn | a brief visit |
| subsequent | follow closely after something else |
| mortification | is a feeling of shame or the loss of self respect |
| vexation | to annoy |
| wallow | indulge in something |
| illicit | unauthorized or improper |
| amiable | friendly |
| compromise | an agreement where each person agrees to give up something |
| contemptuous | having the feeling that something or someone is beneath you |
| contentious | always ready to argue or fight |
| cracklin bread | a type of cornbread mixed with cracklins (bits of fried pork skin) |
| diminutive | smaller than ordinary |
| disapprobation | disapproval |
| discernible | understandable |
| dispensation | a release from obligation or promise |
| magnesia | a medicine used as a laxative and antacid |
| eddy | a current of water that moves against the main current; a whirlpool |
| erratic | irregular |
| flinty | extremely hard and firm |
| fractious | mean or cross |
| gravely | seriously |
| haint | a ghost or spook; someone or something very scary |
| irked | annoyed |
