| A | B |
|---|
| intensify | heighten - strengthen - increase - reinforce - redouble |
| arrogance/arrogant | haughty - proud - conceited - supercilious - lofty |
| aloft | high up; far above the ground. |
| wind shear | a condition, dangerous to aircraft, in which the speed or direction of the wind changes abruptly. |
| prevailing | predominant: prevailing winds |
| easterlies | (especially of a wind) coming from the east: an easterly gale. |
| spawned | engender, generate, yield, beget. |
| Cape Verde | a republic consisting of a group of islands (Cape Verde Islands) in the Atlantic, W of Senegal in W Africa |
| Senegal | a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French community; formerly part of French West Africa. |
| meteorology / meteorologist | the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate. |
| turbulent | being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions. |
| sophisticated | (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive |
| West Indies | an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. |
| magnitude | greatness of size or amount. |
| momentous | of great or far-reaching importance or consequence |
| outraged | an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency |
| full-fledged | of full rank or standing: a full-fledged professor. |
| speculation | the contemplation or consideration of some subject |
| swell | to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth. |
| diminishing | to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; |
| undulating | to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion |
| surge | a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep |
| barrier | anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like |
| spectacle | anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind |
