| A | B |
|---|
| accoutrements | n. personal outfits; clothes; accessories |
| scion | n. descendant or offspring |
| genteel | Adj. Excessively or affectedly refined, polite |
| profusion | n. great liberality or wastefulness |
| disheveled | Adj. Disarranged and untidy; tousled; rumpled |
| pneumatic | Adj. Filled with compressed air |
| demeanor | n. outward behavior |
| diffidence | n. lack of confidence in oneself; shyness |
| voluble | Adj. Talking too much and easily; talkative |
| deft | Adj. Skillful in a quick, sure and easy way |
| overture | n. an introductory proposal or offer |
| doffed | v. to remove or lift (one’s hat) |
| ornate | Adj. Heavily ornamented or adorned |
| derelict | n. a destitute person without a home or job |
| indigent | Adj. In poverty; poor; needy; destitute |
| effulgence | n. great brightness |
| promenade | n. a public place for a leisurely walk |
| coiffure | n. a style of arranging the hair |
| morose | Adj. Ill-tempered; gloomy; sullen |
| humidor | n. a case which keeps air moist for cigars |
| porcine | Adj. Of or like pigs or hogs |
| inchoate | Adj. Just begun; in the early stages |
| remonstrations | objections |
| pinafore | n. a sleeveless, apron-like garment worn over a dress |
| shoals | n. shallow places in rivers or the sea |
| geriatric | Adj. Diseases and problems associated with old age |
| fulminate | n. an explosive salt used in detonators |
| licentious | Adj. Morally unrestrained |
| astringent | n. a liquid which contracts body tissue and checks secretions |
| urchin | n. a small youngster who is mischievous |
