| A | B |
|---|
| fallow | (of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production; inactive |
| neurasthenic | an ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance |
| desolate | deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness |
| tarry | stay longer than intended; delay leaving a place |
| elation | great happiness and exhilaration |
| vitality | the state of being strong and active; energy |
| ominous | giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious |
| perturbation | anxiety; mental uneasiness |
| precarious | not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse; dependent on chance; uncertain |
| musing | be absorbed in thought |
