| A | B |
| culinary | skills or tools related to cooking |
| downcast | feeling sad |
| vivid | very bright colors |
| consternation | upset or worried about what is happening |
| extensive | a large amount of things |
| serenely | done in a calm and quiet way |
| reminiscent | brings back memories of that other time or place |
| pensive | thinking deeply about something |
| recruit | to join a group for a special purpose |
| commenced | to begin |