| A | B |
| anchor | a weight to fix the position of a boat |
| clarity | state of communicating clearly |
| deciliter | one-tenth of the metric base unit of volume |
| devise | to create or invent |
| exoskeleton | outer covering of all arthropods |
| friction | caused by objects rubbings together and it results in heat |
| genial | friendly |
| hazardous | harmful |
| hearth | area at the base of a fireplace |
| hoarseness | a raspy-sounding condition of the voice |
| immense | huge size or quantity |
| indulge | permit one's desires or wishes |
| limbo | a traditional Jamaican dance; or a state of indecision |
| mauve | a mixture of pink and blue that results in a rosy color |
| memoir | memories collected and written in book format |
| meteor | piece of fallen matter from space that enters earth's atmosphere |
| mischief | trouble of an innocent but pesky kind |
| precipice | a high point on land, usually an unstable one |
| sonnet | a fourteen-line poem that follow specific rhyme scheme; used frequently by Shakespeare |
| grovel | to beg shamelessly |