| A | B |
| archipelgo | a large group of islands |
| careen | to rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion |
| cavalier | showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant |
| contagious | sharing a boundary; being close or in contact |
| correlate | to connect related things; to bring things into proper relation with one another |
| etymology | the history of a word |
| frenetic | wildly frantic |
| kinetic | relating to motion |
| presage | to foretell; to warn or indicate in advance |
| pulverize | to demolish; crush; grind into stone |
| recondite | difficult to understand' abstruse |
| repulse | to repel; to drive back; to reject in a cool or distant manner; to disgust |
| seismic | caused by or having to do earthquake; having powerful and widespread effects |
| undulate | to form or move in waves; to have wavelike appearance or motion |
| upheval | a radical or violent change; a forceful lifting or warping from beneath |