| A | B |
|---|
| metropolis | capital city of a country |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention |
| swinelike | looking like a swine |
| parched | dried out, thirsty |
| gruesome | horribly disgusting; repulsive |
| decompose | to rot |
| eulogy | a spoken or written tribute to someone that died |
| dumbstruck | astonished; shocked |
| dubiously | doubtfully |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| recede | to gradually go away |
| sluggish | lacking energy or alertness |
| thrummed | to make a continuous humming sound |
| maneuver | moving with great skill or care |
| hefted | lifted or carried |
| scuttled | to sink one's own ship |
| squeamish | easily made to feel sick or disgusted |
| suspiciously | having or showing a cautious distrust for someone or something |
| resounding | loud enough to fill a place with sound |
| lagoon | a small, fresh water lake near a coral reef |
| slab | a large, thick piece of concrete or stone |
