| A | B |
|---|
| aficionado | a person who likes knows about or pursues some interest or activity |
| bemoan | to feel sorry about something |
| clabber | thick, sour milk |
| debut | an introduction to the public, as of an actor; a career's beginning |
| doff | to take off one's hat in greeting |
| grandeur | magnificence |
| haughty | showing too much pride in oneself |
| inordinately | excessively |
| melancholy | sadness and gloom |
| pigeonhole | to categorize or classify |
| poised | balanced |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically; quiver |
| quell | to quiet or put an end to |
| roil | to stir up; to agitate; to move turbulently |
| schooner | a ship with two or more masts |
| slack | loose |
| tassel | a group of strings hanging from the knot where they are tied together |
| topper | to cause to fall over |
| tumult | noisy uproar of a crowd |
| vermin | various harmful bugs or small animals that are difficult to control |
