| A | B |
|---|
| predicament | troubling situation |
| glutton | one who eats too much |
| miser | one who lives miserably to avoid spending his wealth |
| solemn | hihgly serious |
| humbug | expression denoting disbelief |
| destitute | excessively poor; having nothing |
| melancholy | sad or depressed |
| phenomenon | an unusual observable person, thing, or fact |
| apparition | a ghostly figure |
| consequently | in a logical sequence; following as a result |
| spontaneous combustion | to become engulfed in flames for no apparent reason |
| consolation | that which comforts a person |
| ample | abundant; more than enough |
| Victorian | relating to Queen Victoria's reign |
| phantom | apparent to the senses but with no real existence |
| proclaim | announce publicly |
| spectral | ghostly |
