| A | B |
| awe | fearful veneration or respect |
| flagging | weakening |
| gullies | deep ditches |
| imperceptible | not perceived by the mind or senses |
| instinctive | arising from a natural impulse |
| jolt | to proceed in a bumpy manner |
| lethargy | sluggish indifference |
| loomed | seemed imminent |
| meager | scanty |
| obscure | to make dim or indistinct |
| peril | serious risk |
| predictability | ability to make know in advance |
| relentless | condition of being unyielding |
| resignation | unresisting acceptance |
| soaring | gliding high |
| subtle | so slight as to be difficult to detect |
| treacherously | dangerously |
| warble | a song with trills |