| A | B |
| distracted | anxious and not able to think clearly |
| offensive | very rude and likely to upset people |
| efficiency | without wasting time, energy or effort |
| startled | to make someone surprised or shocked |
| confiscated | to officially take away one's property |
| inevitable | certain to happen; impossible to avoid |
| vast | extremely large (usually used to describe an area) |
| elaborate | having a lot of small, detailed parts that are connected in a complex way |
| assumed | to think that something is true although there's not clear proof |
| envisioned | to imagine something as a future possibility |
| investigate | to try to find out the truth about a crime, an accident, an incident, etc |
| convincing | making you believe that something is true |
| compose | to calm oneself |
| contrived | seeming false or not natural |
| accomodate | having enough space to house people |
| intense | having a very strong effect |
| oblivious | not knowing about something; not noticing |
| emerged | to come out of a place after being hidden |