| A | B |
|---|
| incantation | chanted or sung words as aprt of ritual |
| lament | to express grief or sorrow |
| ominoua | threatening;signaling evil to come |
| acolytes | assistants at religious services |
| deluge | unusually heavy destructive flood |
| twelve leagues | roughly 36 miles |
| carnelian | reddish-brown gemstone |
| lapis lazuli | deep blue gemstone |
| agate | multicolored striped gemstone |
| haematite | dull, metal colored gemstone |
| transit | passage |
| musing | thoughtfully questioning or meditating |
| teem | to be filled to overflowing |
| firmament | vault of the heavens;sky |
| babel | loud unpleasant noise |
| beam | width of a ship |
| vault that covers abyss | the sky stretchng across depths below |
| cubits | ancient unit of measure |
| punt-poles | used to propel a boat against bottom of water |
| ballast | boat-bottom material, enhances stability |
| ordain | establish by decree or law |
| stupor | dazed condition, no sense or feeling |
| nether | lower |
| travail | pain of childbirth |
| prevail | to hold out, triumph |
| libation | liquid offering to a god |
| devise | plan or think out |
| transgressor | person who breaks command or law |
| fillet | narrow cloth/ribbon(headband) |
| sloughed | cast off; shed |
