| A | B |
| obligation | bound by a moral, social or legal tie |
| imperial | like or pertaining to an empire |
| eloquent | the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech |
| menacing | something threatening harm |
| insecticide | substance used for killing insects |
| vermillion | bright red mercuric sulfide used as pigment |
| oriented | to focus on the concerns or interests of a specific group |
| conundrum | anything that puzzles |
| ibecile | mentally feeble |
| vespiary | a nest of social wasps |
| asylum | refuge, sanctuary |
| vulnerable | capable of being wounded or hurt |
| obsess | to dominate the thoughts, feelings and desires |
| gargoyle | grotesquely carved human or animal figure |
| momentum | speed or force of movement |
| delinquency | wrongful, illegal, or antisocial behavior |
| symmetrical | divisible into two similar parts |
| indentured | contract that binds a person to service |
| arborist | specialist in the care of trees |
| devious | shifty or crooked |
| loathsome | disgusting, revolting, repulsive |