| A | B |
|---|
| acquitted | judged not guilty |
| arable | fit for cultivation |
| civilly | courteously; politely |
| commune | a rural community that holds collective ownership of property |
| disparaged | belittled |
| fallow | left unseeded for a growng season |
| forbore | refrained from |
| haggled | quarreled about the price |
| hillock | a little hill |
| plied | persistently supplied |
| sheaf | a group of cut stalks of grain tied together with straw or twine |
| steppes | expansive, semiarid, grassy plain |
| steward | a person emploued to manage the business affairs of an estate |
| tethered | restricted to a certain area by a rope or chain |
