| A | B |
|---|
| assert | to say firmly; to declare |
| avert | to turn away |
| docile | well behaved |
| nimble | able to move quickly and easily |
| plight | difficult or dangerous condition or situation |
| vigilant | watchful; ready for danger |
| aquatic | growing or living in water |
| bleak | without much help |
| blithe | cheerful; carefree |
| dwindle | to keep on becoming less |
| lethal | causing or capable of causing death |
| monitor | to watch closely & frequently |
| mutilate | to hurt or damage |
| ponderous | heavy and slow moving |
| verge | an edge, border; or brink |
| dumbfounded | speechless with amazement |
| era | particular period in history |
| grievous | hard to bear |
| invincible | impossible to defeat |
| principal | head of a school |
| ruthless | showing no mercy; pitiless |
| ensue | to follow; to come as a result of or at a later time |
| flourish | to thrive or prosper |
| garrison | soldiers stationed in a place to protect it |
| hoard | to save and put away, especially secretly |
| inundate | to caver, as with water from a flood |
| nomad | member of a traveling group |
| placate | to stop from being angry; to calm |
| recede | to move back or to drop to a lower level |
| sacrifice | something given up for the sake of another |
| buoyant | able to float |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly |
| pique | to arouse or excite |
| realize | to be aware of |
| submerge | to go underwater |
| ultimate | final |
| ballast | heavy material used to make a ship steady |
| detach | to separate from |
| eerie | causing uneasiness; strange or mysterious |
| fathom | a length of six feet, used to measure water |
| probe | to poke or prod |
| rupture | to split or break |
| sphere | a ball or globe |
| tedious | seeming to go on for a long time, boring |
| unscathed | completely unharmed |
