| 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 |