| A | B |
|---|
| chattel | slave; bondsman; property |
| divest | to undress or strip esp. of clothing, ornament or equipment; to take away |
| unabated | not abated; being at full strength or force |
| abolition | (1) doing away wholly; annul; (2) the ending of slavery |
| degraded | (1)lowered in rank, status or grade: demoted; (2) to bring to low esteem or into disrepute |
| insensible | (1) unaware; (2)incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation |
| entreaty | make an earnest request; plea; beg |
| profligate | (1) completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness; (2) wildly extravagant |
| dissipation | (1) intemperate living, esp. excessive drinking; (2) wasteful expenditure |
| noisome | (1) offensive to the senses, esp. the sense of smell; (2) noxious, unwholesome |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable; suffering extreme want |
| conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind; attracting attention; striking; noticeable |
| depravity | the quality or state of being corrupted, evil, debased |
| pretensions | allegations of doubtful value; pretext |
| sagacity | the quality of having keen and farsighted penetration and judgment; discerning; shrewd |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive: deadly; (archaic) wicked |
| forte | one’s strong point |
| non-compliance | not conforming or fulfilling official requirements |
| verily | truly, confidently; certainly |
| dregs | the most undesirable part; the last remaining part; vestige |
| apostrophe | the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility; daze |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| quail | to recoil in fear or dread; cower |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint; sober; grave; serious |
