| A | B | 
| wives | woman who has a husband; married woman | 
| Sioux | American Indian tribe living on the plains of the northern United States and southern Canada | 
| tariffs | list of duties or taxes that a government charge on imports and exports | 
| great-aunts | grandaunt | 
| mementos | something that serves as a reminder for something that is gone; souvenir | 
| mosquitoes | any of a family of small, slender insects with two wings | 
| crises | a deciding event or events | 
| analyses | breaking up of anything complex into its various simple elements | 
| criteria | rule or standard for making judgement; a standard | 
| species | group of related organisms that have certain permanent characteristics in common | 
| wharves | platforms built along the shore or out fromt he shore, beside which ships can load and unload | 
| ghettos | a part of a city where any racial group or nationality lives, a part of a city in Europe where Jews were required to live | 
| pistachios | a greenish nut having a flavor that suggests almond | 
| vetoes | the right or power of a president, govenor, ets. to reject bills passed by a lawmaking body | 
| embargoes | an order of government forbidding the merchant ships to leave its ports | 
| sisters-in-law | sister of one's husband or wife; wife of one's brother | 
| diagnoses | act or process of identifying a disease by careful investigation of its symptoms | 
| stimuli | something that stirs to action or effort; stimulus | 
| phenomena | fact, event, or circumstance that can be observed; an extraordinary person or thing | 
| giraffes | African mammal that chews ist cud and has a very long neck, long legs, and spotted skin |