| A | B |
| adroit | skillful |
| entrepreneur | a person who starts a business |
| halfpipe | a half-moon-shaped ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump |
| kinetic energy | energy due to motion |
| mechanical energy | a combination of the kinetic energy and potential energy an object has |
| novice | a person new to a job or activit |
| potential energy | stored energy; the energy an object has due to its position, molecular arrangement, or chemical composition |
| stringent | strict |
| approbate | to approve officially |
| connotation | the feelings suggested by a word or phrase |
| exposition | the rising action of a story in which characters and the problems they face are introduced |
| report | a short piece of nonfiction writing on a particular topic |
| simile | a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things by using a word or phrase such as like, as, than... |
| metaphor | type of figurative language that compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other thing |
| idiom | a phrase or expression that means something different from the word or words dictionary meaning |