| A | B |
|---|
| bombardments | assaults; attacks |
| convolutions | curves, twists, or intricacies |
| desolation | deprivation of companionship; loneliness |
| doused | extinguished; immersed in liquid |
| erected | built; raised |
| fragmentary | consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken |
| gingerly | with great care or caution |
| gout | a disease of the joints; a large blob of something |
| grotesque | misshapen, especially in a strange or disgusting way |
| incessantly | continuing without interruption; ceaselessly |
| incomprehensible | impossible to understand or comprehend |
| incriminate | to accuse of or present proof of a crime |
| insomnia | sleeplessness |
| juggernaut | a crushing force that is relentless and destructive |
| liquefaction | the process of liquefying or turning to a liquid state |
| luminous | emitting light |
| moat | a wide waterway or ditch acting as a barier |
| pedants | people concerned with rules and details |
| penance | self-punishment for committing a sin |
| phantom | a ghost; unreal |
| plume | a feather; a rising column of smoke, dust, or water |
| prattled | talked in a foolish or simple-minded way |
| procaine | a local anesthetic |
| processions | groups moving along or forward |
| pyre | a pile of burning materials, especially wood |
| ricocheted | the motion of an object bouncing off something |
| scythe | a tool for mowing and reaping |
| seance | a meeting, usually to speak to the dead |
| sloth | a slow-moving mammal; laziness |
| squanders | fails to take advantage of |
