| A | B |
| audible | being able to hear |
| auditorium | place for an assembly |
| audiotape | tape recording of something |
| beneficiary | a person who inherits from an estate or will |
| benefactor | a person who contributes to an estate or will |
| beneficial | producing good effects |
| eccentric | a person deviating from acceptable conduct |
| tentative | temporary |
| appalled | horrified; terrified with dread |
| apprehend | to catch; seize; arrest |
| foreshadowing | technique used by author to prepare the reader for future events in the story |