| A | B |
| niggardly | grudginly petty in spending; stingy |
| cogent | convincing |
| auspicious | attended by favorable circumstances |
| impetuosity | impulsive and passionate |
| diffidence | timidity or shyness |
| venerated | to regard with great respect |
| edifying | to instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement |
| appertaining | to belong to as a proper function or part; pertain |
| penitential | expressing penitence |
| repugnance | extreme dislike or aversion |
| adjunct | something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate position |
| dissipated | to drive away; disperse |
| jocose | given to joking; merry |
| capacious | spacious or roomy |
| bower | a shaded leafy recess; an arbor |
| affront | to insult intentionally; especially openly |
| turnkey | the keeper of the keys in a prison; a jailer |
| dilapidated | having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken down and shabby |
| magnanimous | courageously noble in mind and heart; generous in forgiving; unselfish |
| acquiesed | to consent or comply passively or without protest |
| elate | to make proud or joyful! |