chaff
Dried and/or cut up straw, grains, or grasses
dread
to fear something
palimpsest
An item that has been modified by still indicates an earlier version or state
Passed
when someone has died
resolved
determined to go through with something
slender
slim and willowy
strobic
Spinning, rotating motion
thaw
to become friendlier
truculence
Fierceness, cruelty; the quality of being brutally harsh or scathing
veil
to be surrounded