| A | B |
| extremely nervous and easily frightened | skittish |
| to deprive of strength or ability | incapacitate |
| an iron hook used to grab and hold | grapple |
| to compete | vie |
| to yield to a request or command | comply |
| conncted with or related to the matter at hand | relevant |
| immerse; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree | prodigious |
| to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly | perturb |
| a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt | qualm |
| a person or thing turned to for help or advice | recourse |
| a person or thing of no importance | nonentity |
| to remove, drive out of a position or place | oust |
| to reduce to nothing | annul |
| of little importance, not worthy of serious attention | frivolous |
| showing concern or care | solitious |
| to read thoroughly and carefully | peruse |
| bold, adventurous, recklessly daring | audacious |