| A | B |
| COMMISSION | Percentage of a sales price allowed to sales representatives for their services |
| PERCEIVED | Became aware of directly through any of the senses |
| LAMENTING | Expressing sorrow or regret |
| TRAJECTORY | Path of a projectile or other moving body through space |
| INFIDELS | Unbelievers with respect to a particular religion |
| ABASHED | Ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted |
| OBJECTIVE | Not influenced by personal feelings; based on facts; unbiased |
| OMENS | Phenomena supposed to portend good or evil; prophetic signs |
| LEVANTER | Strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean |
| PANG | sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing |
| ORIGINATED | Brought into being; created |
| IGNORANT | Lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned |
| IRRITATING | Exciting to impatience or anger; annoying |
| DROUGHT | A period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops |
| TINGED | A slight degree of coloration |
| ZENITH | A point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position |
| PROPRIETOR | The owner of a business establishment |
| SACRISTY | A room in a church housing the sacred vessels and vestments |
| CONTEMPLATE | To consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about |