| A | B |
|---|
| abyss | a very deep gap or hole |
| ballistics | the study of flight of bullets or other hurled objects |
| cacophony | harsh, jarring sound; noise |
| cartographer | a mapmaker |
| centrifuge | a machine that separates particles in a liquid by rapidly whirling the liquid around a central axis |
| conjure | to summon, or call up, as if by magic |
| cower | to cringe in fear |
| distilled | purified or concentrated, as if by the processes of distillation |
| feigning | pretending |
| luminescent | glowing |
| mausoleum | a large stately tomb or the building that housed it |
| nomadic | traveling seasonally with no fixed home; wandering |
| noncombustible | not capable of igniting and burning; unexciting |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| pagan | not Christian, Moslem, or Jewish; pre-Christian; heathen |
| pratfall | a comical fall on the behind; a humiliating mishap or error |
| proboscis | a long snout or nose |
| rationalize | to offer a self-serving but incorrect reason |
| ravenous | greedy; extremely hungry |
| stratum | layer |
| tactile | relating to the sense of touch |
| tallow | hard animal fat used for candles |
| tamped | packed down |
| titillation | excitement; stimulation; often superficial |
| trajectory | the path of a bullet or another object hurled through space |
