| A | B |
|---|
| abundance | large amount of something |
| alert | watchful and ready to deal with whatever happens |
| altitude | height above sea level |
| apprehensive | worried that something bad will happen |
| benefit | something that has a good effect |
| bewildered | confused or puzzled |
| clemency | showing mercy, not cruelty or harshness |
| conceited | having an excessively high opinion yourself |
| conclusion | the final part of something; a decision based on facts |
| content | happy; what is in something |
| contract | to shrink; an agreement |
| covet | to want someone else's property; to want something really badly |
| coy | shy, or pretending to be shy |
| deliberate | intentional, or on purpose |
| device | a tool or machine |
| din | a lot of noise |
| dismal | miserable |
| drought | when no rain falls |
| emerge | to come out of something; to appear |
| evaluation | the act of working out something's worth |
| flamboyant | showy |
| foe | enemy |
| frivolous | not worth taking seriously |
| gregarious | friendly, and happy in other people's company |
| helix | a spiral or coil |
| humble | modest and respectful |
| inaugurate | to begin something; to have a ceremony to make someone president or queen, for example |
| incision | a cut |
| inconspicuous | not noticeable |
| inferior | being in a lower position than someone or something else |
| nauseous | feeling sick |
| passive | obeying without arguing; not taking an active part |
| perplexed | puzzled and confused |
| physiotherapy | treatment of injuries |
| pigment | a colouring |
| pompous | being very self-important, and having an over-serious or stately manner |
| precarious | dangerously unstable |
| rigid | stiff and inflexible |
| shrink | to get smaller |
| subdued | quiet or sad |
| submissive | likely to give in to the demands or authority of others |
| subterranean | underground |
| superfluous | more than is needed |
| tempestuous | stormy |
| tranquil | peaceful |
| trivia | unimportant things or facts |
| trivial | unimportant or small |
| uniform | matching and being the same; a set of clothes worn to school, for example |
| unorthodox | not following the behaviour or beliefs that others think you should; not traditional |
| volatile | explosive |
| wound | an injury |
