| A | B |
|---|
| husbandry | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
| repose | freedom from activity |
| defect | a failing or deficiency |
| entreat | ask for or request earnestly |
| augment | enlarge or increase |
| palpable | capable of being perceived |
| sentinel | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event |
| prate | speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly |
| knell | the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death |
| hark | listen; used mostly in the imperative |
| surfeit | indulge (one's appetite) to satiety |
| gild | decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold |
| multitudinous | too numerous to be counted |
| constancy | faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments |
| porter | someone who guards an entrance |
| equivocate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear |
| anon | (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while |
| carouse | engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking |
| lechery | unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity |
| requite | make repayment for or return something |
| combustion | a state of violent disturbance and excitement |
| parallel | duplicate, correspond to, or match |
| conceive | judge or regard; look upon as |
| sacrilegious | grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy |
| anoint | choose by or as if by divine intervention |
| doom | an unpleasant or disastrous destiny |
| parley | discuss, as between enemies |
| renown | the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed |
| mere | being nothing more than specified |
| amiss | away from the correct or expected course |
| temperate | not extreme in behavior |
| expedition | the property of being prompt and efficient |
| breach | an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification |
| frailty | moral weakness |
| scruples | motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles |
| malice | the desire to see others suffer |
| consort | keep company with |
| shaft | a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon |
| dainty | excessively fastidious |
| warrant | formal and explicit approval |
| predominance | the state of having superior power and influence over others |
| suborn | incite to commit a crime or an evil deed |
| thrift | extreme care in spending money |
| invest | furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors |
| benison | a spoken blessing |
