| A | B |
|---|
| drab | a harlot, whore, slattern |
| mawkish | sickly or pueriley (juvenilely) sentimental |
| sententious | given or abounding in excessive morality; aphoristic or moralistic in expression |
| spurious | illegitimate; bastard; of falsified or erroneously attributed origin; of a deceitful nature or quality |
| affectation | artificiality; the act of taking on or displaying a behavior or attitude not natural to oneself |
| asunder | into parts; torn |
| consumptive | characterized by progressive wasting away of the body, especially from pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Ecod | exclamatory expression: My Goodness! |
| facetious | jokingly; jocose |
| fopperies | the behavior or dress of a foolish or silly person (a fop) or of someone devoted to or vain about dress |
| indigent | impoverished; archaic; lacking in something specified |
| mortify | to humiliate; to embarrass; to subdue or deaden |
| paltry | inferior; trashy; trivial; meager; measly |
| pretensions | aspirations; intentions |
| superfluous | more than what is necessary; beyond what is needed; excessive |
| tête-à-tête | head to head; one on one |
| trumpery | worthless nonsense; trivial or useless objects |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author |
| assiduities | the qualities of being diligent; solicitous or obsequious attentions to a person |
| bagatelle | a trifle |
| brazen | marked by contemptuous boldness |
| cantankerous | disagreeable |
| demure | reserved; modest; coy; affectedly modest, reserved, or serious |
| dissemble | to hide under a false pretense; to conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense |
| expedient | an enterprise requiring haste or caution; characterized by concern with what is opportune; specifically governed by self-interest |
| impudent | insolent; marked by cocky boldness, contemptuousness, and disregard for others |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the body; an unwholesome condition |
| mirth | glee; jollity; gladness and gaiety accompanied by laughter |
| petrify | to confound with fear or amazement; to become stone or stony hardness |
| proxy | a person authorized to act for another |
| chit | a pert young woman |
| diffidence | hesitance in acting or speaking, through lack of self-confidence; non-assertiveness |
| importunate | annoyingly urgent |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege |
| sprightly | lively; spirited |
| affront | to insult, especially to the face by behavior or language |
| circumspection | prudence |
| entreaty | pleading; urgent asking |
| impertinence | insolence |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| approbation | an act of approving formally or officially |
| atone | to make up for; to expiate; to make amends |
| contrivances | schemes |
| disparity | a notable schism between fundamentally different, often incongruous elements |
| dissimulation | hiding under a false appearance |
| intrepidity | resolute fearlessness |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| malignity | an evil in nature or influence |
| mercenary | serving merely for pay or sordid advantage |
| peremptory | putting an end to by precluding a right of action, debate, or delay; characterized by often imperious or arrogant self assurance |
| transient | temporary, not lasting; passing quickly |
| veracity | truthfulness |
