| A | B |
|---|
| An international organization formed in 1945 to promote peace, security, and economic development | the United Nations |
| The story of a person's life written by someone else: | biography |
| Something that must receive attention first: | priority |
| Parts of a city where poor people live in shabby, crowded buildings: | tenement slums |
| Full of worry; troubled | brooding |
| A young woman making her formal entrance into society: | debutante |
| The act or practice of envisioning things in absolute perfection: | idealism |
| Giving unwillingly; spending reluctantly | stingy |
| Prominent, protuding front teeth: | buckteeth |
| Marked by vigor; energetic; forceful | dynamic |
| Sold to many newspapers for publication: | syndicated |
| A serious bacterial, infectious disease causing severe respiratory difficulties: | diphtheria |
| Lacking in elegance or refinement; not attractive or good-looking | homely |
| An institution for the care of people with a specific disease or other major health problems: | sanitarium |
| A fighter: | combatant |
| The ability to speak a language effortlessly and accurately: | fluently |
| Moving from place to place: | migrant |
| well-known | prominent |
| dismal; gloomy; rigid | grim |
| An infectious, viral disease that attacks the central nervous system: | infantile paralysis |
