| A | B |
|---|
| sorghum | a cane-like grass |
| spunk | spirit; courage |
| barren | unable to produce offsprin |
| lintel | a horizontal top piece of a doorway |
| paunch | stomach |
| cipher | to figure math problems |
| rouse | wake up |
| gilded | to put a golden finish on; to make golden |
| shim | a wedge of wood to fill a space |
| bracken | a large fern |
| heave | to rise and fall rhythmically and spasmodically |
| purchase | to get a hold on |
| smarted | a stinging hurt |
| hunkered | to squat of stoop so the body rests on the calf |
| passel | a large amount of something |
| gullet | throat; esophagus |
| goiter | a growth on the thyroid gland |
| muslin | a lightweight cotton cloth |
| succotash | a dish made with corn and beans |
| pomade | a perfumed ointment for the hair |
| clergy | an ordained religious leader |
| yoke | a wooden harness for oxen or bulls |
| mattock | an ax-like tool for digging |
| kine | cows and bulls |
| capstan | an apparatus for moving heavy objects |
| stone | a measure of weight, usually 14 pounds |
| blundersome | heavy |
| gumption | quick-wittedness; initiative |
| mirthful | cheerful; merry; happy |
| reckoning | reasoning |
| vapors | low spirits |
| cornet | a horn similar to a trumpet |
| furrow | a trench made in the ground by a plow |
| tribulation | distress; suffering |
| geegaws | ornamentation |
| talons | the claws of a bird of prey |
| astir | moving about |
| desecrate | violate the sanctity of |
| varmints | wild animals |
| goad | a pointed stick or prod |
| sire | the male parent of an animal |
