| A | B |
| attorneys at law | lawyers |
| scissors | a cutting instrument having two blades whose cutting edges slide past each other |
| churchgoers | one who habitually attends church |
| policemen | a member of a police force |
| cupfuls | as much as a cup will hold |
| algae | a plant or plantlike organism of any of several phyla, divisions, or classes of chiefly aquatic usually chlorophyll-containing nonvascular organisms of polyphyletic origin that usually include the green, yellow-green, brown, and red algae in the eukaryotes and the blue-green algae in the prokaryotes |
| cacti | any of a family of plants that have succulent stems and branches with scales |
| data | facts or figures to be processed |
| oases | a fertile or green area in an arid region (as a desert) |
| analyses | a statement of the results of this process |
| diagnoses | to diagnose a disease or condition in |
| vertebrae | any of the single bones or segments of the spinal column, articulating in the higher vertebrates with those adjacent to it by means of elastic fibrous disks |
| parentheses | an amplifying or explanatory word, phrase, or sentence inserted in a passage from which it is usually set off by punctuation |
| theses | the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse |
| agenda | program of things to be done |
| emphases | force or intensity of expression that gives impressiveness or importance to something |
| memorabilia | things that are remarkable and worthy of remembrance |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| 1 and 2 Samuel (Sam.) | the 9th book in the Bible of the Old Testament |
| 1 and 2 Kings | the 10th book in the Bible of the Old Testament |
| criteria | standards or rules by which things can be judged |
| bacteria | microscopic, single-celled organisms |
| media | newspaqpers, television, and other such means of mass communication |
| phenomena | facts, events, or circumstances that can be observed |
| larvae | immature insects that do not look like adult insects |
| fungi | plants which do not contain chlorophyll and cannot make their own food |
| alumni | graduates of a school or college |
| crises | turning points |
| hypotheses | scientists' explanations that may or may not be true |
| guessses | answers made without sufficient evidence |