| A | B |
| incompetence | lack of ability or skill |
| survey | act of measuring land |
| vertebrates | animals with backbones |
| coefficient | numerical part of algebraic term |
| rectangle | figure with four right angles |
| compromise | something accepted rather than wanted |
| dubiously | in a manner causing or suggesting doubt |
| apprehensively | anxiously |
| jurisdiction | the area over which legal authority extends |
| constants | quantity with fixed value |
| trapezoid | quadrilateral with two parallel sides |
| obscure | unclear or vague |
| inequality | statement indicating unequal quantities |
| irony | contrast between expectation and reality |
| kingdoms | highest classification for natural things |
| contemptuously | in a satisfied manner |
| complacently | in a satisfied manner |
| understatement | describing something as less than it is |
| industrialization | adoption of industrial methods |
| classify | to sort into groups |
| terminus | place where transportation route ends |
| precariously | in an unstable or risky manner |
| feline | catlike |
| frenzy | the condition of being frantic |
| menacing | to threaten |