| A | B |
| claustrophobia | abnormal fear of narrow or enclosed places |
| colleague | associate or coworker of similar status |
| condescend | to lower oneself to an inferior position OR behave in offensively superior manner |
| contingent | conditional OR depending on something else OR possible OR group part of larger one |
| daunt | discourage or intimidate |
| deluge | downpour of rain OR flood OR to flood |
| dispel | to clear away OR remove OR get rid of OR scatter |
| dub | give a nickname OR title |
| fanfare | sounding of trumpets OR showy display |
| fledgling | young bird OR young and inexperienced person |
| inane | empty OR shallow OR silly |
| mettle | courage |
| negligible | small and unimportant and not worth noticing |
| protract | to draw out or lengthen in time |
| replica | reproduction or copy |