| A | B |
| assurance | confidence |
| biography | story of one's life written by someone else |
| autobiography | story of one's own life |
| moorings | weights to hold down ships |
| hopper | grain bin |
| analogy | similarities in things usually different |
| plantation | large property for growing crops for sale |
| genre | a type of literary work |
| conflict | fight, battle between characters |
| curry | groom or brush |
| brute | beast |
| discipline | punishment of correction |
| fast | held tight |
| determination | firmness of purpose or mind |
| reputation | fame; what people generally think about a person |