| A | B |
| deprivation | to take something away from |
| tyranny | a government in which all power is in the hands of a single ruler |
| resentful | having or showing jealousy of another's possessions or advantages |
| menial | a person hired to perform household or personal services |
| surveyor | one whose occupation is to determining positions on the earth's surface |
| ardent | showing urgent desire or interest |
| stamina | active strength or energy of body or mind |
| validate | to give evidence or testimony to the truth |
| apt | having a tendency to be or act in a certain way |
| proposition | something which is presented for consideration |
| expedition | a going from one place to another usually of some distance |
| lagoon | a shallow channel or pond near or connected with a larger body of water |
| harpoon | a barbed spear used especially in hunting large fish or whales |
| reef | a chain of rocks or ridge of sand at or near the surface of water |
| menace | an annoying person |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| predator | an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals |
| rummaging | to make an active search especially by moving, turning, or looking through the contents of a place or container |
| scavenging | to collect usable things from what has been discarded |
| apparatus | the equipment or material for a particular use or job |
| concussion | bodily injury especially of the brain resulting from a sudden sharp jar (as from a blow) |
| resilient | to jump back or rebound |
| savor | the taste and odor of something |
| tumultuously | to act in a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| tardy | coming or remaining after the due, usual, or proper time |
| synonym | a word having the same or almost the same meaning as another word in the same language |
| antonym | a word of opposite meaning |
| simile | a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as |
| idiom | an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole |
| result | to come about as an effect, consequence, or conclusion |