| A | B |
| imbedded | to firmly fasten; stuck |
| tumult | a commotion or disturbance; an uprising or riot |
| blighted | to cause something to wither or decay |
| sustenance | food or nourishment |
| exaggeration | tomake more out of something; to make greater that it really is |
| pestilence | epidemic disease that spreds rapidly, causing many deaths |
| folly | the state of being foolish; lack of understanding or good judgment |
| dire | causing great fear or suffering |
| millrace | fast-moving stream of water that drives a mill wheel |