| A | B |
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| lagoon | an area of shallow water open to the sea but separated from the ocean by low, sandy dunes |
| simultaneously | concurrently; occurring at the same time |
| teeming | occurring or existing in great quantities or numbers; swarming |
| barnacle | a sea-dwelling, hard-shelled creature that often attaches itself to ship bottoms and timber |
| furrow | a narrow groove-like or trench-like depression in any surface |
| impeding | causing delay, interruption, or difficulty |
| futile | incapable of producing any result; useless; not successful |
| torrent | a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence |
| tenaciously | holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold |
| respite | a delay or stopping for a time, especially of anything distressing or difficult; an interval of relief |
| perimeter | a rope marking a boundary or outer limits of an area or object |
| equilibrium | a state of rest or balance |
| imminent | likely to occur at any moment |
| preeminence | superiority to all others |
| droning | continuous, low, monotonous |
| placid | pleasantly calm or peaceful |
| mottled | marked with spots or blotches of different colors or shades |
| fiendishly | in an outrageously cruel way; wickedly |
| reminiscence | a recalling of the past; a personal remembrance from the past |
| unamiaby | unpleasantly; in an unfriendly way |
| wheedled | tried to influence by using flattering words or acts |
| chastise | discipline, especially using physical punishment; criticize severely |
| clod | a lump or mass of earth or clay |
| expiring | breathing the last breath; dying |
| inaccessible | impossible to approach; unreachable |
| symmetrical | well-balanced; having harmonious proportions in shape, size; having corresponding parts so that the right and left sides are mirror images |
| insolently | disrespectfully; in a boldly rude way |
| maneuvered | moved skillfully to avoid obstacles |
| primly | properly; in a formally precise way |
| solemnly | seriously; earnestly |
