| Term | Definition |
| mercantile | pertaining to merchants or trade;commercial |
| rank | growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth |
| notion | a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea; an opinion or a view |
| paunch | a large and protruding belly; potbelly |
| sateen | a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face |
| palaver | to talk or persuade; discuss business |
| consigned | to give over care of another; to turn something over to someone permanently |
| peevish | showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood |
| furrow | a long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow |
| parcel | a bundle or small group of items that are wrapped or packaged up |