| A | B |
| bombers | airplanes used to drop bombs |
| Pearl Harbor | U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii; site of Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, which caused U.S. entry into World War II. |
| torpedo | large, cylinder-shaped metal tube containing explosives |
| eerie | causing fear because of strangeness or weirdness |
| intersection | point, line, or place where one thing crosses another |
| pondered | considered carefully; thought over |
| severe | serious; grave |
| spectacles | eyeglasses |
| withered | lost or caused to lose freshness; made or became dry and lifeless |
| airtime | specific amount of time in a television, radio, or any broadcast media program |
| Alzheimer's | disease of the brain that causes confusion and gradual loss of memory |
| close-up | picture taken with a camera at close range |