| A | B |
|---|
| abominable | hateful; horrible |
| lurk | to lie hidden |
| chaos | great disorder or confusion |
| scourge | a cause of great suffering or destruction |
| dwindle | to become less gradually; diminish |
| peril | danger; risk |
| travail | painful effort |
| dire | dreadful; terrible |
| anguish | agony; great physical or mental suffering |
| quest | journey; exploration |
| Sirens | creatures whose songs lure sailors to their death |
| Scylla | six-headed sea monster |
| Charybdis | dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster |
| Helios | sun god who pastures his cattle on the island of Thrinacia |
