| A | B |
|---|
| abruptly | unexpectedly |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room |
| aneurysm | an abnormal blood-filled bulge of a blood vessel |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight |
| astride | with one leg on each side |
| decoy | someone or something used to lure or lead another into a trap |
| blackjack | a hand weapon |
| calisthenics | systematic rhythmic bodily exercises |
| campaign | a connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result |
| campus | the grounds and buildings of a school |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| caravan | a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile region |
| chaos | a state of things in which chance is supreme |
| colossal | of a bulk, extent, power, or effect suggesting the incredible |
| commotion | an agitated disturbance |
| congregate | assemble, to come together into a group |
| crater | a depression formed by an impact |
| crouch | to bow especially in humility or fear |
| debris | rubbish, something discarded |
| deflect | deviate, to turn aside |
| notarized | to acknowledge or attest |
| descend | to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one |
| eerie | scary |
| eligible | qualified to participate or be chosen |
| eventually | at an unspecified later time |
| foyer | an entrance hallway |
| fumigate | to spray especially for the purpose of disinfecting or of destroying pests |
| graft | the point of insertion of a scion upon a stock |
| heft | weight, heaviness |
| hover | to hang fluttering in the air or on the wing |
| humiliation | to reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward |
| initiation | ceremonies or instructions with which one is made a member of a sect or society or is invested with a particular function or status |
| jawing | to talk especially abusively, indignantly |
| lignite | a usually brownish black coal |
| median | average |
| migrant | one that migrates |
| mirage | an optical effect |
| mound | an artificial bank or hill of earth or stones |
| oblong | deviating from a square, circular, or spherical form by elongation in one dimension |
| ovation | an expression or demonstration of popular acclaim |
| perimeter | a line or strip bounding or protecting an area |
| policies | a high-level overall plan |
| portable | capable of being carried or moved about |
| recede | to move back or away |
| restitution | a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injury |
| reverence | honor or respect felt or shown |
| risers | a stage platform on which performers are placed for greater visibility |
| scion | a detached living portion of a plant joined to a stock in grafting |
| site | the location of an actual or planned structure |
| squadron | a unit of military organization |
| stabilize | to make stable, steadfast, or firm |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| tomb | an excavation in which a corpse is buried |
| trance | stupor, daze |
| trudge | to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously |
| turnstile | a post with arms pivoted on the top set in a passageway so that persons can pass through only on foot one by one |
| versus | in contrast to |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
