| A | B |
|---|
| peevish | showing ill humor or impatience |
| slovenly | untidy |
| morose | gloomy; ill-tempered |
| laconic | using few words |
| unhasp | holding firmly |
| orisons | prayers |
| bairns | children |
| interloper | intruder |
| doggedly | stubbornly |
| assiduously | diligently; carefully |
| settle | long wood bench with a high back |
| winsome | charming |
| fastidiousness | tendency to be refined in a too dainty or oversensitive way, so as to be easily disguised |
| avarice | greed for riches |
| impudence | shameful boldness |
| stoical | calm and unflinching under suffering or distress |
| Kirk | church |
| sanguine | confident; optimistic |
| alacrity | eager willingness |
| abject | miserable; wretched |
| tenacious | holding firmly |
| innuendoes | indirect remarks, usually implying something derogatory; insinuations |
| ague | fit for shivering; chill |
| trepidation | anxiety; fearful uncertainty |
| accede | agree; give in |
| credulity | tendency to believe too readily; lack of doubt |
| lethargy | great lack of energy; sluggishness |
| spleen | bad temper; malice |
| supplications | requests |
| adroitly | expertly; cleverly |
| appropriate | take for one’s own use, especially without permission |
| conflagration | large, destructive fire |
| saturnine | gloomy |
| indolence | laziness |
| paragon | model of excellence |
