| A | B |
|---|
| engender | to cause to exist or develop, produce |
| liberality | broad minded |
| sage | wise, judicious or prudent |
| smart | socially elegant, sophisticated or fashionable |
| demure | shy |
| becoming | suitable, appropriate |
| demeanor | conduct, behavior toward others |
| sensibility | capacity for sensation or feeling |
| rosary | a string of beads used in counting prayers |
| nonpareil | having no equal |
| abbot | the superior of a monastery for men |
| maxim | an expression of general truth |
| cloister | a place of religious seclusion, monastery, convent |
| anoint | consecrate, put oil on (in a religious ceremony) |
| patrician | aristocrat |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic of a high order, as a bishop or abbot |
| wan | pallid, lacking color |
| absolve | release from consequences, a remission of sin |
| penance | the punishment for sin |
| shrift | the imposition of penance |
| contrite | remorse, filled with a sense of guilt |
| benefice | celestial payment |
| assiduous | constant |
| decorum | polite behavior |
| terse | abrubtly concise, curt |
| sanguine | optimistic |
| srcupule | a moral or ethical consideration |
| pestilence | plague |
| excommunicate | to cut off from communion with the church |
| frugal | economical |
| haughty | blatantly and disdainfully proud |
| scurrilous | spreading rumors |
| bilious | ill disposition |
| cherubim | celestial beings |
| carbuncle | red, precious stone |
| meager | deficient in quantity |
| reliquary | shrine in which sacred relics are kept |
| ecclesiast | clergyman |
| offertory | song, verses or anthem or music sung or played while the offerings of the people are received at a religious service |
| degree | position in relation to birth, relative standing in society |
| hostelry | hotel |
| jousted | fought |
| fustian | rough clothing |
| baldrick | belt |
| sedately | calmly |
| solicitous | concerned |
| wanton | deliberate |
| absolution | release from guilt |
| penitent | repentance |
| tippet | scarf, headress |
| eminent | famous |
| victual | food |
| farthing | English coin |
| motley | poor |
| secular | an activity with no religious beliefs |
| discreet | sneaky |
| conveyancer | practice of passing land |
| creed | piece of writing |
| felicity | happiness |
| lanyard | line, rope |
| draught | drought |
| apothecaries | pharmacists |
| superfluties | extras |
| pestilence | disease |
| diligent | careful |
| adversity | misfortune |
| mercenary | hired killer |
| tithes | church taxes |
| buffoon | idiot |
| abstrusest | obscure |
| choleric | angry |
| auditor | listener |
| arrears | money owed |
| cavalcade | procession |
| carbuncles | sores |
| lecherous | perverted |
| varlet | servant |
| concubine | secondary wife |
| gelding | castrated horse |
| prevarication | lie |
| array | display |
| flinch | nervous movement |
| scurrility | obscene |
| matins | service of morning prayer |
