| A | B |
| Abrogate | to abolish, to do away with |
| Adamant | inflexible, immovable, obstinate |
| barbarism | the incorrect usage of words or forms of language |
| colloquial | informal (speech) |
| compatriot | a fellow countryman |
| defuse | to remove or to lessen danger or hostility |
| effrontery | extreme boldness, audacity |
| egregious | very bad, shocking, conspicuously bad |
| gambol | to playfully skip or leap |
| hemophilia | a hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding |
| immunity | tee resistance (usually to a disease) |
| impale | to pierce, to fix on a pointed instrument |