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austere
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banked
blueblack cold
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cracked hands that ached
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driven out the cold
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fearing the chronic angers of that house
fires blaze
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hear the cold splintering, breaking.
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indifferently
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austere
Something austere is stern and cold, not warm and welcoming. Austere can also mean a place is bare--no decorations or personal touches. An example might be a jail cell or monk's cell.
A monk's cell
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