| A | B |
| Fortitude | patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength |
| Condescend | to stoop to do something you think is beneath you |
| Evolve | to develop gradually |
| Notoriety | fame, usually in an unfavorable sense |
| Assert | to express or declare firmly; to defend or claim |
| Acquittal | setting free by judgment of a court |
| Elite | (adjective) of or suitable for a select group; (noun) a group or part of a group regarded as the best |
| Mentor | a wise and trusted advisor |
| Inarticulate | unable to speak clearly or to use words; unable to say what one thinks |
| Contemptuous | showing or feeling scorn; disdainful |