| A | B | 
| shred | a long narrow piece cut or torn off | 
| mince | to cut into very small pieces | 
| lofty | proud;haughty; of high noble or excellent quality; of high rank, superior; rising to a great height | 
| altitude | height; an elevated region; the vertical distance of an object above a certain level like sea level | 
| blurt | to say somehting suddeenly and without thinking | 
| grim | cruel; fierce; harsh in appearance; frightful and unyielding | 
| swatch | a sample piece or a collection of samples | 
| irritate | annoy; To make sore or inflamed | 
| just | reasonable and proper; morally right or good; righteous, being deserved; exactly, precisely; immediately, directly; nothing more than | 
| pane | a piece, section or side of something; a pane of glass | 
| dwindle | to make or become less | 
| optimistic | expecting everything to come out all right; hopeful | 
| torrent | rushing stream of a liquid; a channel of a mountain stream | 
| irk | annoy | 
| biased | prejuidiced favoring one way of feeling or acting | 
| slab | thick fat piece or slice | 
| jar | to cause to vibrate;  to make a harsh or disagreeable sound; quarrel; a shock; glass or pottery container having a wide mouth | 
| scrawny | poorly nourished; skinny | 
| gulf | a part of an ocean or sea that extends into the land; a deep hallow in the earth; A wide separation or gap | 
| drizzle | fine misty rain | 
| burly | strong and heavily built | 
| crevice | a narrow opening caused by a split or crack; fissure | 
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush; to put an end to by force; quell or silence; a remark that silences an opponent. | 
| flimsy | not strong or solid; not likely or convincing | 
| hide | to put out of sight; conceal; to keep secret; to screen from view; the skin of an animal |