| A | B |
| tarmac | an airport runway |
| frenzy | wild excitement |
| feats | a notable act or deed |
| vagabond | a person without a permanent home |
| mangy | loss of hair, itching in a domestic animal |
| wince | to shrink or start involuntarily; flinch |
| lenient | not harsh or strict, merciful or indulgent |
| serene | calm and unruffled |
| rash | imprudently hasty or bold |
| seared | to scorch or burn the surface of |
| gist | main idea |
| din | jumbled sounds |
| assailed | violently attacked |
| grotesque | bizarre |
| swastika | Nazi emblem |
| facist | a person who believed in a dictatorship |