| A | B |
| available | ready for use, at hand |
| cater | to satisfy the needs of, to make things easy |
| customary | usual, expected, routine |
| dissuade | to persuade not to do something |
| entrepreneur | a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business |
| firebrand | an extremely energetic person, a piece of burning wood |
| hazard | risk, peril, to gamble, to expose to danger |
| homicide | the killing of one person by another |
| indifference | a lack of interest or concern |
| indignant | filled with resentment or anger over something unjust |
| indispensable | not to be neglected, absolutely necessary |
| lubricate | to apply oil or grease, to make smooth |
| mutual | shared, felt, shown equally by two or more |
| pelt | to strike successively, to hurry, to throw a stream of things |
| plague | to annoy or bother, an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths |
| poised | balanced, ready for action, calm |
| regime | a period of rule, a government in power |
| retard | delay, hold back, to make slow |
| transparent | easily senn through, allowing light to pass through |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed, not injured |