| Term | Definition |
|---|
| moil | to work hard; grudge |
| acquire | get by one's own efforts or actions |
| heed | to give careful attention to |
| scavenge | move dirt and rubbish from |
| nourish | make grow; keep alive and well |
| taunting | jeer at; mock; reproach; devide |
| bailiff | an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute writs & processes, make arrests, keep order in the court, etc. |
| cockeyed | cross-eyed |
| bedevil | to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically |
| accompany | to go along or in company with |
| stanch | to stop the flow of |
| soil | a particular kind of earth |
| haggle | to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often continous manner |
| soothe | to tranquilize or calm |
| sore | physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part |
| breeches | knee length trousers |
| turmoil | state of agitation, confusion or commotion |
| exertion | vigorous action or effort |
| laden | burdened; loaded down |
| wit | speech or writing showing such perception and expression |
| dire | causing or involving; great fear or suffering |
| solemn | grave sober |
| nestle | to lie close and snug |
| daft | senseless, stupid, or foolish |
| flounder | to struggle clumsily or helplessly |
| glutton | a person who eats or drinks excessively |
| dewclaw | a functionless claw of some dogs, not reaching the ground in walking |
| merciful | full of mercy, in a merciful manner |
| pockmarked | scars or pits left by pustule in smallpox |
| mutton | the flesh of sheep |
| ferment | any group of living organisms |
| quarry | an excavation or pit |
| writhe | to twist the body about, or squirm |
| mewl | to cry weakly, to whimper |
| revel | to take great pleasure or delight |
| treachery | a breaking of fatith; treacherous behaviof, deceit |
| tumult | noise or uproar; commotion |
| teem | to fertilize offspring or to be full of; abound, swarm |
| tantalize | to torment with, or as if with |
| blight | the rapid discoloring, wilting, and death of plant tissues |
| begrudge | to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone |
| comely | pleasing in appearance |
| desolate | barren or laid waste; devasted |
| shod | past tense of SHOE |
| befoul | to make filthy; dirty; soil |
| bustle | to move or act with a great show of energy |
| berate | to scold |
| caress | an act or gesture expressing affection, such as an embrace or kiss |
| sufeit | an excessive amount |
| coax | to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion |
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