| A | B |
| forage for | (v.) to go around searching for food or other supplies |
| shriek at | (v,n.) to make a very high loud sound, especially because you are afraid, angry, excited, or in pain [= scream] |
| liberate | (v.) to free prisoners, a city, a country etc from someone's control: |
| immerse | (v.) to become completely involved in an activity: |
| strive /strove/ striven | (v.) to make a great effort to achieve something |
| surreptitiously | (adv.) done secretly or quickly because you do not want other people to notice: |
| idly | (adv.) lazily; done without moving |
| curator | (n.)someone who is in charge of a museum or zoo |
| cacophony | (n.) a loud unpleasant mixture of sounds |
| cue | (n.) an action or event that is a signal for something else to happen |
| nocturnal | (adj.) an animal that is nocturnal is active at night |
| lethargy | (n.) the feeling as if you have no energy and no interest in doing anything [= lazy] |
| amid | (prep.) while noisy, busy, or confused events are happening (formal - used in writing or news) |
| cliff | (n.) a large area of rock or a mountain with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or a river |
| vanish | (v.) to suddenly stop existing [= disappear] |
| dwindle | (v.) to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller: |
| anchor | (v.) to fasten something firmly so that it cannot move |
| ancestry | (n.) (formal) the members of your family who lived a long time ago |
| rustle | (v.) if leaves, papers, clothes etc rustle, or if you rustle them, they make a noise as they rub against each other: |