| A | B |
| bio- | prefix meaning "life" |
| graph | root meaning "to write" |
| biography | the story of someone's life |
| immigrant | someone who comes in from another country to live |
| compassion | strong feeling |
| cherish | to adore/ think is precious |
| endure | to last a long time |
| curse | to say something that will harm someone |
| tame | domesticate/ not wild/ not afraid of people |
| denim | a type of coarse fabric usually indigo blue |
| slump | to fall or sink over/ a period of depression |
| grieve | mourn/ suffer the loss of something |
| heap | a pile/ to pile on |
| scorn | strong dislike/ curse/ hatred |
| lack | not enough of |