| A | B |
| disaster | Someting that causes great danger or harm. |
| flee | To run away from danger or from something frightening. |
| fracture | A crack or break, as in metal or bone. To crack or break. |
| immense | Great in size or extent. Great in degree. |
| intense | Very strong; very great. Showing great depth of feeling. |
| investigate | To look into closely; to study in great detail. |
| lurch | To move forward or to one side suddenly or unexpectantly. A jerking or swaying movement. |
| major | Great in size, number, or importance. A military officer just above a captain in rank. The main subject a student in studying. |
| minor | Small; unimportant. A person who is not yet an adult; a child. |
| petrify | To make rigid with terror; to terrify. To change into a stonelike substance. |
| predict | To say what will happen before it takes place. |
| prone | Likely to have or do. Lying face downward. |
| sparse | Thinly grown or spread. Not crowded. |
| topple | To fall or push over. To overthrow |
| urban | Having to do with cities. |