| A | B |
| scrimp | to be thrifty |
| dejectedly | sad and depressed |
| deception | to give a mistaken impression |
| despondent | loss of hope or courage |
| meticulous | showing with great detail |
| paranoia | suspicion and mistrust of people |
| elude | escape in a cunning way |
| endorse | to support an idea or a person |
| peevishly | easily irritated by unimportant things |
| cull | selectively choose from large quantity |
| delinquent | characterized by a tendency to commit a crime |
| accomplice | a person who helps another commit a crime |
| taut | stretched or pulled tight |
| renovate | restore to a good state of repair |
| orthopedic | branch of medicine dealing with bones or muscles |