| A | B |
|---|
| invocation | an incantation used in conjuring or summoning |
| consort | keep company with |
| livery | a uniform, especially worn by servants and chauffeurs |
| discourse | carry on a conversation |
| entreat | ask for or request earnestly |
| doff | remove |
| enmity | a state of deep-seated ill-will |
| prorogue | hold back to a later time |
| fain | in a willing manner |
| perverse | marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict |
| impute | attribute or credit to |
| repose | freedom from activity |
| reel | walk as if unable to control one's movements |
| baleful | deadly or sinister |
| intercession | a prayer to God on behalf of another person |
| homely | plain and unpretentious |
| sallow | unhealthy looking |
| chide | scold or reprimand severely or angrily |
| dote | shower with love; show excessive affection for |
| rote | memorization by repetition |
| rancor | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
| wench | a young woman |
| lamentable | bad; unfortunate |
| dowdy | lacking in stylishness or taste |
| drivel | let saliva dribble from the mouth |
| bauble | cheap showy jewelry or ornament |
| bawdy | humorously vulgar |
| scurvy | of the most contemptible kind |
| knave | a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel |
| friar | male member of a religious order originally relying on alms |
| abbey | a church or building associated with a monastery or convent |
| prate | speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly |
| sententious | concise and full of meaning |
| herald | a person who announces important news |
| bandy | toss or strike a ball back and forth |
| feign | give a false appearance of |
| poultice | a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin |
| drudge | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
| countervail | oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions |
| gossamer | filaments from a web that was spun by a spider |
