| A | B |
| agenda | list of things to be done |
| bedlam | noisy uproar and confusion |
| caucus | a meeting to decide upon questions of policy |
| contagious | can spread from one to another |
| convent | home for nuns |
| debacle | disaster |
| debutante | young women who is formally presented to society |
| dire | terrible, disasterous |
| fatiguing | tiring |
| fraught | filled with something undesirable |
| ludicrous | laughable because its ridiculous |
| mutinous | rebellious |
| optimist | one who always expects a favorable outcome |
| peril | danger |
| prodigy | person with exceptional talents |
| qualms | issues causing uneasiness |
| simulataneous | at the same time |
| unanimously | in complete agreement |
| unrequited | not returned |