| A | B |
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access | approach or admission to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at |
| anarchy | a lack of government or law; confusion |
| arduous | hard to do |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| biased | favoring one side; prejudiced |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | bending easily; easily influenced |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech or manner |
| precipice | a very steep cliff; the edge of disaster |
| rectify | to make right, to correct |
| reprieve | a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement |
| revile | to attack with words; to call bad names |