| A | B |
| trough | (n.) long, narrow, box-like container, usually for animals |
| runnels | (n.) small stream or channel |
| vehemence | (n.) vigorous impetuosity; fury |
| furious | (adj.) full of fury, intensely violent |
| vulnerable | (adj.) capable of being wounded or hurt |
| shorn | (verb) (past tense) to shear, or to cut |
| alien | (n.) a foreigner, one belonging elsewhere |
| eaves | (n.) the overhanging lower edge of a roof |
| unadorned | (verb) not decorated with great beauty or ornament |
| crooning | (verb) to sing or hum |
| unearthly | (adj.) seeming not to belong to this earth or world |
| affirmation | (n.) something declared as true |
| ingrate | (n.) an ungrateful person |
| ominous | (adj.) threatening evil or harm |
| dissipating | (verb) to become scattered or dispersed |