| A | B |
| disaster | Something that causes great damage or harm. |
| disasterous | Causing much damage or harm. |
| flee | To run away from danger or from something frightening. |
| fracture | N. A crack or break, as in metal or bone. V. To crack or break. |
| immense | 1. Great in size or extent. 2. Great in degree. |
| intense | 1. Very strong: very grade. 2. Showing great depth of feeling. |
| intensity | Great srngth or force. |
| investigate | To look into closely; to study in great detail. |
| lurch | V. To move forward or to one side suddenly and unexpectedly. N. A jerking or swaying movement. |
| major | Adj.Great in size, number, or importance. N.1. A military officer just above a captain in rank. 2. The main subject a student is studying. V. To study as one's most important subject. |
| minor | Adj. Small, unimportant. N. A person who is not yet an adult; a child. |
| petrify | 1. To make rigid with terror; to terrify. 2. To change into a stonelike substance. |
| predict | To say what will happen before it takes place. |
| prediction | Something that is predicted. |
| prone | 1. Likely to have or do. 2. Lying face downward. |
| sparse | 1. Thinly grown or spread. 2. Not crowded. |
| topple | 1. To fall or push over. 2. To overthrow. |
| urban | Having to do with cities. |