| A | B |
|---|
| incantation | the chanting or uttering of words like a spell |
| forebodings | a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune |
| engrossed | to occupy completely as the mind or attention |
| sentinel | a person or thing that watches or stands, a soldier stationed as a guard |
| dispel | to drive off in various directions, to cause to vanish |
| perilous | involving or full of grave risk |
| decorum | the quality or state of being decorous, orderliness, regularity |
| imprecations | a curse |
| despondently | feeling or showing hopelesness |
| prelude | any action, event, comment, that comes before something |
| stalwart | strongly and stoutly built, sturdy, robust |
| palsied | paralyzed. unable to move or control certain muscles |
| donned | to put on or dress in |
| pantofles | a slipper |
| esconced | to settle securely or snuggly |
| escritoire | writing desk |
| somnolent | sleepy, drowsy, tending to cause sleep |
