| A | B |
| noxious | very harmful to the health |
| proficient | highly skilled |
| impede | to hinder progress; obstruct |
| expunge | to delete or erase |
| roster | list of names |
| lassitude | weariness or weakness |
| assembly | a group of people gathered together for a common purpose |
| militia | a group of volunteers who fought during colonial times |
| delegate | a member of an assembly |
| liberty | freedom |
| treason | the betrayal of one's country |
| repeal | to withdraw or cancel |
| boycott | to refuse to do business with |
| intolerable | not to be endured; unbearable |
| correspondence | communication by exchange of letters |
| petition | formal request signed by many people |
| rebel | to oppose those in charge |
| current | a stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean |
| tide | repeated rise and fall in the level of the ocean |
| wave | up and down movement of surface water |