| A | B |
| buoy | a float moored in the water |
| affliction | a cause of pain or distress |
| morgue | where people found dead are kept until burial |
| rigged | manipulated for personal gains |
| flunked | to fail |
| hunched | to assume a crouched posture |
| notorious | infamous, known widely |
| confinement | state of being separated from others |
| barbed wire | twisted wire armed with sharp points |
| switchback | a trail or track that has a steep incline and zigzag |