| A | B |
|---|
| crevice | a narrow opening; a crack |
| defiance | resistance; challenge |
| despairingly | hopelessly; despondently |
| dismal | gloomy and cheerless |
| flawed | damaged; defective; imperfect |
| lament | express deep regret; grieve |
| shrill | high-pitched; piercing; as a shriek |
| stealthily | slyly; secretively; furtively |
| strive | to work hard; to labor; to seek a goal |
| vault | a burial chamber; tomb |
