| A | B |
|---|
| dramatic | striking, building up to a climax |
| illiterate | unable to read or write |
| invaluable | priceless; having value too great to measure |
| librarian | a person who orders, catalogs, and displays books in a library |
| literature | writing on some subject; imaginative or creative writing |
| philosophy | ideas about the world, life, people; study of the problems of right and wrong |
| reference | a source that gives information |
| alleviate | to relieve or make easier to bear |
| convalescent | someone recovering from illness |
| inefficient | lacking the skill to do what is needed |
| infectious | caused by infection |
| invalids | those who are injured or sick, especially those who are likely to be so for some time |
| quarantine | keeping a diseased person, plant or animal away from other so the disease does not spread |
| rumbustical | robust, robustious |
| villains | evil or wicked people, or such characters in a story or play |
