| A | B |
| allowance | an amount of money given to a child at a regular time |
| investment | spending of money or time in order to get something in return; the amount of money invested |
| cooperating | working together on something to get it done |
| disappointed | defeated in expectation or hope |
| specialty | a special interest or study; a special product |
| experiment | a test to find out whether an idea is correct; to test an idea to see if it is correct |
| transformation | a changing of the form or look of something |
| camouflage | the act of hiding things by making them look like the background; a disguise in nature where something looks like its background |
| encounter | to meet someone without planning it |
| tentatively | in a tenative way (not definite or final) |
| stern | very strict or harsh |
| quivering | shaking; trembling |
| patchwork | a quilt made from pieces of colored cloth sewn together to make a pattern |
| upended | stood on end |
| assembling | gathered; putting the parts of something together |
| introducing | making known; presenting |