| A | B |
| hearty | healthy; strong |
| quaking | shivering; shaking |
| dissembling | pretending; deliberately obscuring the truth |
| propriety | socially correct behavior |
| heathen | pagan; nonbeliever |
| witched | bewitched (archaic) |
| opened | been honest; told the complete truth (archaic) |
| trafficked | had dealings or associations with |
| conjured | used a charm or incantation to summon or call up |
| faction | clique; secret group or party |
| abominations | hateful or disgusting actions |
| gibberish | nonsense; incomprehensible mumbling |
| white | pure; spotless |
| Goody | a title similar to Mrs.; generally used for a woman of relatively low social status |
| sniveling | whining; continually complaining |
| deference | great respect |
| ails | is sick |
| naught | nothing |
| dwindling | lessening; diminishing |
| demonic | associated with the devil or with black magic; satanic |