| A | B |
| accustom | to make familiar |
| alert | watchful, wide awake; to warn |
| assign | to select for a position; to give out work to be done |
| budge | to move or shift |
| burly | big and strongly built |
| companion | one who spends time with or does things with another |
| compatible | getting along well together |
| concept | a general idea or thought about something |
| distract | to draw one's thoughts or attention away from the subject at hand |
| jostle | to push or shove |
| obedient | doing what one is asked or told |
| obstacle | something that prevents one from moving forward |
| patient | willing to wait without complaining, a person under a doctor's care |
| pedestrian | a person who is walking, travelling on foot |
| retire | to stop working because one has reached a certain age; to go to bed |