| A | B |
|---|
| abandon | to give up something; desert |
| assembly | a group of persons gathered together for the purpose of instruction, worship etc.; a fitting together of parts |
| considerable | large, important |
| converge | to come together at a point |
| debt | something owed |
| decline | to refuse, worsen; a dip;descent |
| definitely | certainly; precisely |
| despite | in spite of; not withstanding |
| destination | destiny |
| dislodge | to remove by force from a position where trapped or hiding |
| elusive | fugitive; hard to find or grasp |
| extract | (v) to pull out; (n) remove metal from ore |
| fixture | anything firmly in place |
| obviously | clearly; evidently |
| populate | to supply with inhabitants |
| portion | a fraction or part of something |
| scour | to go over quickly and thoroughly, as in searching or hunting; to clean or polish by hard rubbing |
| sheer | extremely steep, very thin, fine enough to be seen through; pure; absolute |
| survive | to continue to live after or in spite of something; outlive |
| trace | a very small amount; to sketch; follow the course of |
