Adulteress
A woman who is having an affair
Air-Raid Siren
A whining alarm that would be set off city-wide in London during World War Two when a bombing raid by German fighter 'planes was imminent
Annotation
Explanatory notes
Antipathy
Strong dislike
Apoplexy
Sudden involuntary loss of consciousness
Barrister
Person entitled to practice in the highest courts of law
Bloomers
Voluminous knee-length underpants for women
Bravura
Brilliant display of actions
Brio
Vivacity
Brusque
Abrupt or offhand in manner
Canteen
Cafeteria
Car boot
Trunk
Churlish
Surly, sulky
Clarified
Made clearer or more understandable
Coronation
Ceremonial crowning of a monarch
Cutlery
Silverware
Deja Vu
Unsettling feeling of having experienced a moment before
Dissipated
Dispersed
Flummoxed
Disconcerted
Glowering
Scowling
Governess
Woman employed to teach the children in a private household
Humanities
Liberal arts
Incendiary
Designed to cause fires or explosions
A Ladder In Her Stockings
A run in her pantyhose
Luftwaffe
German Air Force in World War Two
Munitions
Weapons
Nonchalant
Calm and casual
Paracetamol
Aspirin-free painkiller similar to Acetiminophen
Porcine
Relating to pigs
Solidarity
Mutual dependence
Speculation
Conjecture
Stasis
Stagnation
Tatty
Untidy, in a state of disrepair
Talisman
Good luck charm
Tractable
Easily handled
Unassuming
Modest
Yardstick
Example that all similar things are measured by
