| A | B |
|---|
| objective | not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice |
| landfall | an approach to or sighting of land |
| mainland | a large continuous extent of land, not the offshore islands and detached territories |
| surge | a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, such as the waves or tide |
| remnants | a small remaining quantity of something |
| overindulgent | excessive gratification of a person's wishes |
| sustained | continuing for an extended period or without interruption |
| skirting | go around or past the edge of |
| inundation | flooding |
| grappling | struggle with or work hard to deal with or overcome |
| sovereignty | the authority of a state to govern itself or another state |
| pound | the basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence |
| extradition | the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime |
| stalked | harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention |
| extracted | obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method |
