| A | B |
| abating | reduce or decrease |
| agony | extreme pain or distress |
| coarse | heavy or rough in appearance or texture |
| desperately | not caring what happens because hope is gone |
| frustration | prevent from accomplishing; useless; nothing; defeat |
| hordes | a huge amount of something |
| hummocks | a very small rounded hill |
| incredible | hard to believe |
| naturalist | a person who studies animals and plants in their natural environment |
| remnants | leftovers |
| spiraling | circling or winding around a single point |
| squint | look at with partly closed eyes |