| A | B |
| sympathy | the understanding and sharing of other people's troubles |
| symphony | a long piece of music for an orchestra; a large orchestra that usually plays classical music |
| symmetry | a balanced arrangement of parts on either side of a line or around a central point |
| pathetic | causing pity, sorrow, or sympathy; feeble or useless |
| patient | good at putting up with problems and delays and don't get angry or upset |
| apathetic | you do not care about anything or want to do anything |
| treason | the crime of betraying your country by spying for another country or by helping an enemy during a war |
| casualties | people who were injured or killed in an accident, a disaster, or a war |
| accuse | to say that someone has done something wrong |
| convert | to make something into something else; a person who has changed his or her religion or other beliefs |
| bestowed | gave someone a gift or a prize |
| teem | to be very full; to swarm; to rain very hard; to pour |
| import | to bring into a place or country from elsewhere |
| debt | an amount of money or something else that you owe |
| raid | a sudden, surprise attack on a place |
| prestige | the great respect and high status that come from being successful, powerful, rich, or famous |
| elevated | to lift something up; to promote someone to an important job or status |
| cultivate | to grow crops on it (land) |
| generous | happy to use time and money to help others |
| annex | to take control by force |
| sober | not drunk; serious or solemn |
| dodge | to avoid something or somebody by moving quickly |
| society | all the people who live in the same countryor area and share the same laws and customs |
| plantation | a large farm found in warm climates where crops such as coffee, tea, rubber, and cotton are grown |
| involuntary | not done willingly or by choice |
| apprentice | someone who learns a trade or craft by working with a skilled person |
| manufacture | to make something, often with machines; to invent something or to make something up |
| weave | to make cloth, baskets and other objects by passing threads or strips over and under each other |