| A | B |
| swelter | To suffer from or to be overcome by great heat. |
| shackle | A ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement. |
| meticulous | Extremely careful; attentive to small details |
| lionize | To treat as a celebrity. |
| interrogate | To ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner. |
| imminent | About to happen; likely to occur in the very near future. |
| elapse | To pass of slip by (used with time). |
| dissension | A difference of opinions; disagreement. |
| conspire | To plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal. |
| calamity | An event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster. |
| bizarre | Strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar. |
| assimilate | To absorb into a population. |
| arraign | To bring before a court to fare charges. |
| apprehend | To seize; to arrest |
| anarchy | To absence of government. |