| A | B |
|---|
| intent | sharply focused on something |
| skeins | lengths of thread or yarn wound in coils |
| cope | face and deal with responsibilities, problems, or difficulties |
| bereft | deprived of or lacking something |
| frayed | worn away or tattered along the edges |
| yearning | unsatisfied desire |
| lapel | continuation of a collar down the front of a shirt or suit coat |
| riveted | fastened (eye, attention) firmly to something |
| vapors | visible breath, as fog, mist, steam, smoke or gas |
| taut | tightly drawn; tense |
| suppleness | flexibility |
| regal | grand; fit for royalty |
| susceptible | easily influenced; weak |
| tormented | experiencing intense pain, especially mental pain or suffering |
| reluctantly | unwillingly; disinclined |
| squalor | condition of filth and misery |
