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| Acquainted | know about something or someone |
| Ascribe | describe something and give a reason for it |
| Attire | clothes, clothing |
| Aught | anything whatever, anything at all |
| Baghdad | Capital city of Iraq |
| Bate | take away, lower, reduce by |
| Bereft | left behind, alone |
| Bewilders | confuses, befuddles |
| Brawny | strong and muscular |
| Brook | tolerate, put up with |
| Burgher | a citizen of a town |
| Butt | large cask, or barrel |
| Caliph | a religious leader |
| Cavern | large cave |
| Claret | red wine |
| Commentary | comments, story |
| Consternation | great dismay, terror combined with amazement |
| Corporation | a group of people in charge of the town |
| Council | corporation, group of people in charge |
| Cunning | skill in deceiving |
| Decree | a law |
| Ditty | a simple song |
| Dolt | a stupid person |
| Endeavour | an attempt at doing something |
| Enraptured | filled with delight |
| Ermine | white fur from an ermine (weasel type of animal) |
| Exclamation | an outcry, loud calling out |
| Glutinous | sticky like glue |
| Gnats | small biting flies |
| Guilders | unit of currency, golden coins |
| Hanover | city in Germany |
| Hock | German wine |
| Kegs | small barrels |
| Mayor | the head of a town or corporation |
| Moselle | white wine |
| Mutinous | unruly, turbulent, uncontrollable |
| Nuncheon | a noon drink |
| Old-fangled | old-fashioned |
| Outlandish | strange, unconventional, bizarre, unfamiliar |
| Paunch | a belly, especially a fat potbelly |
| Perished | died |
| Piebald | pied, spotted or patched, patches of colour |
| Plodders | those which trudge or walk heavily |
| Poke | a sack or bag |
| Portal | large entrance, doorway |
| Pottage | thick soup or stew |
| Psaltery | old stringed instrument |
| Puncheon | cask, or barrel holding liquid |
| Quaint | odd, in an old-fashioned way |
| Quoth | said |
| Remedy | a cure, something that solves a problem |
| Rhenish | wine from the River Rhine region |
| Ribald | common, coarse, vulgar, |
| Sprat | small fish for eating |
| Staved | broken into |
| Stiver | a small coin |
| Subterraneous | underground |
| Swarthy | dark colour or complexion |
| Tabor | a small drum |
| Tawny | light brown, brownish orange colour |
| Thrifty | careful, wise with money |
| Transylvania | region of central Europe surrounded by mountains |
| Trepanned | bored into a mine shaft, or tunnel |
| Trifling | acting as if something is not important |
| Vats | large tubs, or barrels, that store liquid |
| Vermin | pests such as rats |
| Vesture | clothes, clothing |
| Vin-de-grave | type of wine |
| Viper | type of snake |
| Wretched | miserable, distressed |
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