| A | B |
|---|
| avalanche | (n) mass of snow/earth suddenly sliding down a mountain; overwhelming quantity that comes on suddenly |
| dissolve | (v) to make or become liquid; to disappear to make disappear |
| gaunt | (adj) thin and bony; looking grim |
| fleet | (adj) to float, swim; to change the position of a rope |
| fleet | (n) a number of warships under one command |
| pace | (n) a step in walking, running or stride |
| pace | (v) to walk or stride back and forth |
| rotund | (adj) round or rounded out; plump; full toned |
| yacht | (n) any of various small vessels for pleasure |
| wince | (v) to shrink or draw back slightly, usually with a grimace |
| wince | (n) a roller used between dying vats to ease the transfer of pieces of cloth |
| swift | (adj) moving, or capable of moving with great speed |
| swift | (n) a cylinder in a carding machine; an expanding reel used to hold skeins of sillk |
| crew | (n) a group of people classed together under the direction of a foreman |
| wail | (v) to express grief or pain by loud cries |
| littered | (v) to make untidy with a large number of objects lying around |
| voyage | (n) a long journey involving travel by sea or space |
| voyage | (v) to go on a long journey by sea or space |
| stampede | (n) a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle or other animals |
| stampede | (v) to rush wildly in a sudden rushed panic |
| lean | (v) be in or move into a sloping position |
| lean | (n) an inclination |
| peninsula | (n) a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water |
| thaw | (v) to become liquid or soft as a result of warming |
| thaw | (n) a period of warmer weather that melts ice or snow |
| dim | (adj) not shining brightly or clearly; not clearly recalled |
| dim | (v) make or become less bright or distinct |
| progress | (n) forward or onward movement toward a destination |
| progress | (v) move forward or onward in space or time |
| bay | (n) a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward; a spice as in leaves |
| courteous | (adj) polite and gracious and considerate towards others |
| journey | (n) the act of traveling from one place to another |
| whimper | (v) to make low whining broken sounds as in crying or infear |
| curt | (adj) short or shortened; brief to the point of rudeness |
| skipper | (n) heavy bodied butterflies with threadlike antennae; a person that skips; the captain of a ship |
