| A | B |
| archipelago | a large group of islands |
| careen | to swerve or lurch; to rush headlong |
| cavalier | showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant |
| contiguous | sharing a boundary; adjacent |
| correlate | to connect related things |
| etymology | the history of a word |
| frenetic | wildly excited; frantic |
| kinetic | relating to motion |
| presage | to foretell; to warn in advance |
| pulverize | to crush or grind into dust or powder |
| recondite | difficult to understand; abstruse |
| repulse | to repel; to drive back |
| seismic | caused by earthquakes |
| undulate | to form or move in waves |
| upheaval | a radical or violent change |