| A | B |
|---|
| IGNORANCE | Lack of Knowledge or education |
| FLEET DITCH | open sewer |
| GUINEA | sum of a pound and a shilling (a gold coin in England from 1663 to 1813 |
| BREECHES | pants |
| ROGUE | scoundrel |
| GAOL | jail/prison |
| FELONAGE | having the nautre of or relating to a felon (major crime) |
| POMATUM | a perfumed oil for the hair |
| SCHOLAR | a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches of knowledge |
| MAGISTRATE | civil officer with power to enforce the law |
| TOBY/HIGHWAYMAN | a man who holds up and robs travelers on a road |
| BRACKEN (ISH) | a widespread, often weedy fern having large, triangular, compound fronds and often forming dense thickets |
| PILFER | to steal |
| WISTFULLY | done full of thought |
| CONJECTURE | a guess, guessing |
| HEARABOUTS | in the general vicinity, around here |
| ABUTMENT | point of contact between two objects, like a corner |
| CIRCUMSPECTION | attention to all the fats and circumstances of a situation |
| TEMPEST | a great disturbance or uproar over a matter of little or no importance |
| MAHOGANY | type of wood used for fancy furniture |
| AFFABLE | easy and pleasant to talk to |
| SCULLERY | a small room adjoining a kitchen, in which dishwasing and other kitchen chores are done |
| DISDAINFULLY | in a proud and domineering manner |
| LIVERY | a uniform worn by male servants of a household |
| KINDLE | set fire to, ignite |
| OBLIGINGLY | accommodating |
| SENTIMENTALLY | affectedly or done with emotion |
| PRODIGY | someone who shows exceptional natural talent for something from an early age |
| FORLORN | olonely and miserable as though deserted or abandoned |
| CONTEMPT | a powerful feeling of dislike toward someone or something |
| SCRUPULOUS | rigorously precise and exact |
| FORTNIGHT | period of two weeks |
| PALLID | having an unhealthy, pale complexion |
| PERSECUTE | to make somebody the victim of continual pestering or harassment |
| SALUBRIOUS | beneficial to, or promoting health and well-being |
| MELANCHOLY | making someone feel gentle sadness |
| SEXTON | the caretaker of a church (duties could include grave digging) |
| FARTHING | a British coin worth a quarter of an old penny |
| PATRONIZE | to treat someone as if they were less intelligent or knowledgeable than yourself |
| ABSTRACTION | a generalized idea/theory developed from specific concrete examples of events |
| PESTILENTIAL | likely to cause a contagious disease or to be infected with one. |
| FASTIDIOUSLY | actions that are concerned with even the smallest details |
| ENCROUCHMENT | to intrude gradually |
| MORBIDLY | showing a strong interest in death |
| REPRIEVE | to halt or delay someone's punishment, especially death |
| EMINENCE | a high or raised area of ground |
| APERTURE | a small narrow opening |
| CONSTERNATION | a feeling of bewilderment and dismay, often caused by something unexpected. |
| AVARICIOUS | showing an unreasonably strong desire for money |
| SANCTUARY | a safe place, especially for people being persecuted |
| GRANDEUR | the quality of being great or grand and very impressive |
| GIG | a light open two-wheeled carriage pulled by a single horse |
| SEPULCHRE | a vault in which someone is buried |
| CAJOLE | to persuade somebody to do something by flattery or gentle but persistent arguement |
| INDOMITABLE | brave, determined, and impossible to defeat or frighten |
| SUCCOUR | somebody or something that provides help or relief |
| LEDGER | a book with columns for debits and credits, on which to write financial statements |
| SUSTENANCE | something, especially food, that supports life |
| OBSCURE | not able to be seen or heared distinctly |
| DESOLATE | joyless, without hope |
| BEREAVED | having lost a loved one through death |
| RANSACK | to go through a place stealing some things and destroying many others |
| MEAGRE | unsatisfactory in quantity, substance or size |
| SOLEMNLY | without joy or humour, demonstrating sincerity |
| BENEFICIARY | somebody who is entitled by a will, trust, or insurance policy to receive money or property |
