| A | B |
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| fringe | n. a border of thread hanging loose or tied in bunches; a marginal or minor part |
| scurry | v. to scamper |
| bountiful | adj. generous or plentiful |
| outskirts | n. part remote from the center of the city |
| erode | v. to wear away |
| scarce | adj. not common; rarely seen; not plentiful |
| vision | n. the power of seeing |
| sap | n. the juice that circulates through a plant, bearing water, food; to weaken or exhaust |
| frenzied | v. wild excitement |
| rim | the outer part of a wheel; an edge, margin, or border |
| bound | v. to jump or leap |
| frantic | adj. wild with anger or worry |
| plateau | n. an elevated track of land |
| waft | n. an odor or sound carried through the air |
| dim | no bright as in hope |
| abyss | n. a bottomless gulf; anything too deep for measurement |
| drift | n. to be carried along as by a current |
| russet | n. yellowish or reddest brown |
| wrench | n. a tool for turning bolts, pipes etc.; an injury cause by a twist |
| patter | n. a series of quick, light taps |
| bleary | adj. dim or blurred as to eyes from tears or fatigue |
| ravine | n. a long deep hollow in the earth |
| embroider | v. to make a design with needlework; to embellish a story or exaggerate |
| hazy | adj. a thin vapor of fog or smoke in the air |
| artery | any of the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart; a main route |
