| A | B |
| mirage | an optical illusion where something far away is made to look nearby |
| fiction | something made up or imagined |
| hurl | to throw |
| grungy | dirty |
| infamous | having a very bad reputation |
| clamor | a loud noise |
| commotion | a noisy rushing about; confusion |
| matinee | a show or movie in the afternoon |
| intend | to have in mind |
| claim | to demand or ask for something |
| blunder | a foolish or stupid mistake |
| maw | the stomach of an animal |
| phantom | something that one seems to see although it is not really there |
| theory | an explanation of how or why something happens |
| midst | the middle part |
| bulge | a part that swells out |