| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abhor | to despise |
| Abide | to tolerate; to remain |
| Abominable | loathsome |
| Adversity | misfortune |
| Aforesaid | previously mentioned |
| Asunder | into pieces |
| Avail | to be of use |
| Beholden | obliged |
| Benevolence | kindliness |
| Bereave | to deprive; to leave in a mournful state, especially by death |
| Betimes | early |
| Brethren | brothers |
| Canonize | to formally pronounce a saint |
| Caulk | to make waterproof by filling cracks with tar or a tarlike substance |
| Chafe | to warm by rubbing |
| Chaff | grain husks separated in threshing |
| Chide | to scold |
| Commendation | praise |
| Comprise | to include |
| Contemn | to treat with contempt |
| Contrivance | deceive or plan |
| Divers | several |
| Execration | a curse |
| Flux | any unnatural discharge of body fluid |
| Foresaid | previously stated |
| Gall | to bruise and scratch |
| Heretofore | up to this time |
| Hitherto | until this time |
| Incense | to inflame or enrage |
| Inconceivable | unimaginable |
| Lamentable | mournful |
| Loathsome | repulsive |
| Manifest | evident; to appear |
| Manifold | many and various; in many ways |
| Mediator | someone who intervenes in your behalf |
| Molder | to decay |
| Mollify | to pacify |
| Omnipotent | all-powerful |
| Perservere | to continue undaunted |
| Pine | to waste away through grief or longing |
| Piteous | evoking sympathy or pity |
| Profane | coarse; vulgar |
| Provoke | to anger |
| Prudence | good judgment |
| Quagmire | marshy ground |
| Queasy | easily nauseated |
| Recompense | reward |
| Redeem | to rescue |
| Repine | to complain |
| Repose | to rest |
| Reprove | to scold |
| Shoal | in a body of water, a dangerously shallow place |
| Singe | to burn slightly |
| Skulk | to move about stealthily |
| Smite | to afflict suddenly and powerfully |
| Sovereign | supreme |
| Staunch | watertight |
| Succor | assistance |
| Sundry | several |
| Unwieldy | difficult to manage because of awkward size, shape, or height |
| Vexation | irritation |
| Victual | food |
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