| A | B |
| ford | to cross a stream or river by wading through it |
| unflappable | not easily upset |
| yoke | to fit with a harness; a wooden harness |
| legacy | something handed down to the next generation |
| diurnal | occurring everyday or during the day |
| maxim | a truth, principle or proverb |
| stilted | artificially formal or pompous |
| epicure | a gourmet; person who is expert on food and drink |
| rarefy | to make less dense or heavy; to refine |
| swatch | a sample piece of cloth |
| aggrandizement | an increase or enlargement |
| dashiki | a loose, brightly colored tunic |
| astronomical | inconceivably large |
| papyrus | ancient paper |
| by-line | writer's name in a written article |
| enmesh | to entangle |
| concentration | something that has been drawn closely together |
| impugn | to attack one's honor or integrity |
| rhapsodize | to express in an overly enthusiastic manner |
| pigeonhole | to assign something to a category |