| A | B |
|---|
| husbandry | the care of a household |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and close or loyally and unwaveringly |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| repose | to lie at rest |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply |
| confound | to put to shame |
| infirm | of poor or deteriorated vitality |
| denotation | a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea |
| connotation | the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes |
| equivocate | to avoid committing oneself in what one says |
| treason | the betrayal of a trust |
| primrose path | a path of ease or pleasure and especially sensual pleasure |
| porter | a person stationed at a door or gate to admit or assist those entering |
| mar | to detract from the perfection or wholeness of |
| dishearten | to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| shrift | a remission of sins pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of reconciliation |
| lament | to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| countenance | to extend approval or toleration to |
| parley | a conference for discussion of points in dispute |
| steep | to cover with or plunge into a liquid |
| breeched | clothed |
| consort | associate |
| entomb | to serve as a tomb for |
| foe | an enemy in war |
| indissoluble | incapable of being annulled, undone, or broken |
