| A | B |
| Abscond | to run away secretly in order to avoid arrest; skip town, |
| Arduous | hard to do; difficult |
| Auspicious | favorable, fortunate, lucky |
| Daunt | to overcome with fear to make someone feel anxious; to frighten |
| Incinerate | to burn to ashes; cremate |
| Intrepid | very brave; fearless; courageous |
| Larceny | theft |
| precipice | a very steep cliff; the brink of disaster |
| Reprieve | a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement |
| Revile | to attack with words, call bad names; to insult |