| A | B |
| abnormal | (adj.)not usual |
| capsize | (v.)upset |
| catastrophe | (n.)large disaster |
| decrease | (v.)a lessoning |
| disputatious | (adj.)inclined to argrue |
| eject | (v.)to throw out |
| flourish | (v.)to grow |
| incentive | (n.)something that stimulates action |
| insubordinate | (adj.)disobedient, rebellious |
| legible | (adj.)easily read |
| nub | (n.)central point or heart of matter; a knob |
| onslaught | (n.)a violent attack, a sudden rush of something |
| ordain | (v.)to establish by law, to order or comand, to apoint as a priest or minister, to destine |
| outstrip | (v.)to get ahead of; do better than; to exceed |
| prevade | (v.)to spread throughout |
| prudent | (adj.)cautious, careful, showing good sense |
| quench | (v.)to put out ; extinguish; end |
| remnant | (n.)a small part remaining behind |
| simultaneous | (adj.)happening or existing at the same time |
| swerve | (v.)to turn aside sharply; a sharp or sudden turn |