| Term | Definition |
|---|
| aghast | Struck with terror and amazement. |
| assail | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| banns | a public announcement of a proposed marriage |
| bile | a digestive juice secreted by the liver |
| chandler | a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy or compassion |
| conciliatory | To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill. |
| connubial | of or relating to marriage |
| consternation | dismay |
| contumacious | willfully disobedient. |
| cravat | necktie |
| detest | dislike intensely |
| dissuade | to advise or urge against |
| elixir | cure-all; sovereign remedy. |
| ensue | to follow in order |
| expectorate | to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit. |
| garret | an attic |
| gluttony | excessive eating and drinking. |
| homily | a sermon |
| imperious | dictatorial; overbearing |
| imprecation | cursing |
| impregnable | strong enough to resist or withstand attack |
| intimate | hint, imply, suggest |
| larcenous | stealing |
| omnipotent | almighty or infinite in power |
| prodigal | wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
| prodigious | wonderful or marvelous |
| regale | to entertain lavishly, delight |
| restorative | capable of renewing health or strength. |
| trenchant | effective; energetic; clear-cut |
| vestry | a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept |
| vicarious | taking the place of another person or thing |
| vivacious | lively, animated |
| waistcoat | A garment formerly worn by men under a doublet. |
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