| A | B |
|---|
| imbedded | snuggly or firmly enclosed |
| tumult | disorderly commotion or disturbance |
| a gross exaggeration | largely overstated |
| folly | a foolish action |
| dire | urgent; desperate |
| blighted | deterioration |
| sustenance | nourishment; life sustaining |
| pestilence | deadly epidemic disease |
| millrace (millrun) | fast-moving stream of water that drives a mill wheel |
| garbed | covered, dressed |
| raucously | harsh; strident |
| evasively | intentionally vague |
| tyranny | rulered by an absolute ruler |
| treason | betrayal or breaking of trust, especially against government |
| prudence | management of resources |
| default | failure to meet obligations |
| pate | the crown or top of head |
| endured | to hold out against |
| lamenting | mourning; to feel grief about |
