| A | B |
| AFFABLE | friendly |
| ARSON | setting fires |
| COG | tooth in a gear wheel |
| DAME | female equal of a knight |
| RESERVOIR | place where water is stored; large supply |
| DYNASTY | ruling family |
| MAIMED | badly injured |
| GUSTO | great enjoyment |
| ROUTINE | everyday; regular way of doing something |
| NOTABLE | outstanding |
| MEMENTO | object kept as a reminder of something |
| TILL | cultivate; drawer for holding cash |
| HUBBUB | uproar |
| ENTREE | main dish; the right to enter |
| PRY | to be curious to know; to force; to get with difficulty |
| PYRE | a pile of wood for burning a body |
| FRENZY | wild fit |
| EMBARK | to go aboard a ship; to start out |
| ASSAIL | attack |
| FOIL | baffle; thin sheets; fencing sword |
| SKEIN | thick coil |
| FALLOW | left unplanted |
| HOGSHEAD | large barrel |
| SPURN | refuse in a scornful way |
| ASSIMILATE | take in |
| DEPOSIT | leave; put in the bank; mineral laid down by nature |
| OSTENTATIOUS | showy |
| MOROSE | gloomy |
| CHARITABLE | generous |
| EMULATE | to try to equal or do better than |
| MISHAP | accident |
| TREMOR | slight shaking |
| TOUCHY | easily angered |
| PATRIOT | person who loves his or her country |