| A | B |
| APT | suitable, fitting; quick to learn |
| AWRY | in a turned position; wrong, |
| BLUDGEON | a short club used as a weapon |
| CAPITULATE | to end resistance, give up, surrender |
| CHAFE | to warm by rubbing; to feel anynoyance |
| DEFILE | to make dirty; narrow passage; gorge, canyon |
| DIRE | dreadful, causing fear or suffering |
| DISARMING | charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness |
| DISGRUNTLED | in bad humor, discontented |
| ENCROACH | to advance beyond the usual or proper limits |
| ENDOW | to furnish, equip, provide with funds |
| FEND | to ward off, resist; to get along |
| IMPUNITY | freedom from punishment |
| MIEN | air, manner; appearance |
| PENAL | having to do with punishment |
| PERTINENT | related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| PREDOMINANT | most common |
| PRODIGY | a child with extraordinary ability |
| RECLUSE | a person who is withdrawn from the world |
| RENOWN | fame. glory |