| A | B |
| accountant | person skilled in accounting |
| chimera | an imaginary monster |
| cleanse | to make clean |
| discard | to get rid of something unwanted |
| discreet | showing good judgment |
| duped | deceive or fool |
| economical | operating with little waste or at a savings |
| expedient | adapted for achieving a particular end |
| genius | extraordinary intellectual ability |
| headache | pain in the head |
| indebtedness | owing gratitude or recognition to another: owing money |
| languish | to become dispirited, pine |
| nervousness | jumpy, timid, apprehensive, uneasy |
| peculiar | strange, weird, odd |
| president | chief officer of an organization or country |
| repeat | to say over form memory |
| southern | the compass point directly opposite of northern |
| specific | having a unique effect or influnce |
| surmise | conjecture, presume, suppose |
| tallish | having a tendency to be tall |