| A | B |
| fluent | able to write or speak easily and smoothly |
| console | to comfort; to make someone feel less sad |
| memorabilia | things worth remembering |
| expectorate | to spit |
| meager | small in amount |
| maternal | motherly, having to do with mothers |
| paternal | fatherly, having to do with fathers |
| guffaw | a lound coarse burst of laughter |
| amble | to walk slowly or leisurely |
| monotonous | boring because it is always the same |
| avaricious | greedy |
| gumption | initiative, courage, "get-up-and-go" willingness to try and fail |