come to terms with green satire

Self-effacement

Quality of not claiming attention for oneself

Debutant

a person making a first appearance in a career

Saucebox

a person who makes cheeky or mischievous remarks

Diatribe

Forceful and bitter verbal attack

Didactic

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

Beseechingly

to ask or beg earnestly, pleadingly, and intensely

Maxim

a short saying or adage expressing truth or a rule of conduct

Heedless

showing a reckless lack of care; unmindful of

Precept

a general rule intended to regulate behavior; principle

Importuning

persistent harassment to do something

Deplorable

unacceptable causing disgust

Professed

self-acknowledged to be

Raiment

clothing

Apprehend to understand or grasp mentally

Rudiments

the basic principles of something

Probationers

someone undergoing a trial period

NutrimentL nourishment

Fricassee

French stew

Ragout

French stew

Eminent

well-known and respected

Prolific

producing much offspring

repine

feel or express unhappiness

Squire

a British landowener

Thrifty

being careful with the usage of resources

Shambles

state of chaos

Scrupulous

extremely careful, precise

Expedient

means of achieving an end

Dainty

delicacy or treat

Mandarin on official

Gibbet

cage to display a criminal's dead body

Groat

a small sum

Desponding

losing hope or confidence

Encumbrance

burden or impediment

Pine

suffer a mental and physical health decline

Digressed

to deviate or wander from main topic

Tithes

one-tenth

Episcopal

type of church

Curate

member of the clergy

Vinterns

wine merchants

Purduent

acting with care for the future

Procure

obtain something with effort

Contrive

deliberately create a distraction

Enumerated

mention things one by one

Brevity

concise and exact use of words

Subsistence

basic supporting of oneself

Glutted

ot fill to excess

Alma mater

the college one attended

Poignant

deeply affecting feelings; touching

Apt

appropriate or suitable

Matriculated

be enrolled at a college

Skunky

having a rancid smell or taste

Coddle

treat in an overprotective way

Cord wood

wood cut into equal length; fire wood

Embalmed

preserve a corpse from decay

Hickory-smoked

cooking food from smoke of hickory-wood

Mortarboard

academic, typically graduation cap

Scrivener

clerk, scribe

Masquerade

a false show or pretense

Cretin

stupid person

Nebulous

unclearly defined, vague

Boudoir

woman's bedroom

Inglenook

space on either side of a large fireplace

Objet d'art

small or decorative artistic object

Andiron

metal support that holds wood burning in a fireplace

Entrenched

firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained

Davenport

large upholstered sofa

Admonitions

authoritative counsel or warning

Disparage

regard or represent as being of little worth; belittle

Beaux

boyfriend or male admirer

Unfounded

having no foundation or basis in fact

Aspersions

attack on reputation or integrity of someone or something

Eschewed

abstain from

Elm Blight

a disease that affects elm trees

Shrewd

having or showing sharp powers of judgement; sharp-witted

Austere

severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

Sitting pretty

to be in a good, safe, comfortable position

Bureau

chest of drawers

Facsimile

a copy, reproduction