| A | B |
|---|
| abstinence | avoidance |
| agitated | stirred up; disturbed |
| alteration | change |
| benevolence | generosity; kindness |
| blithe | joyous; happy |
| capacious | spacious; large |
| condescension | being courteous with a superior air |
| consolation | comfort; compassion |
| cordially | graciously; in a friendly way |
| covetous | greedy; avaricious; eagerly desirous of |
| destitute | poor; penniless |
| disdaining | treating with scorn or contempt |
| essence | spirit |
| facetious | humorous; merry |
| feign | pretend |
| fettered | chained; shackled |
| infamous | notoriously bad |
| intercedes | pleads on another's behalf |
| kindred | related; belonging to the same family |
| livid | angry; furiouis |
| loiter | hang around; linger |
| melancholy | sadness; depression; gloom |
| obscure | dark; vague; unclear |
| ominous | threatening |
| pedestrian | going on foot; walking |
| portly | stout; fat |
| precepts | practical rules guiding conduct |
| prodigiously | enormously; hugely |
| recompensed | repaid |
| recumbent | reclining; lying down |
| remonstrated | protested |
| sordid | filthy; vile |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere |
| dispelled | scattered; caused to vanish |
| odious | hateful |
| officious | meddlesome; self-important |
