| A | B |
| myriad | extremely numerous |
| awnings | a cover that shades or shelters like a roof |
| airs | an artifical way of acting |
| fret | to make or become worried |
| famine | an extreme general shortage of food |
| perished | to pass away completely; to become destroyed |
| drought | a long period of dry weather |
| vault | an arched structure of stone or concrete forming a ceiling or roof |
| stay | the action of halting; the state of being stopped |
| incredulously | feeling or showing an inability to believe something; skeptical |
| pompous | having an overly high opinion of one's importance |
| balefully | threatening harm or evil |
| menials | relating to servants |
| ominously | showing a sign of evil or misfortune to come |
| oblivion | the state of being forgotten |
| inscribed | to write, engrave, or print something on or in |
| precipice | a very steep or high face of a rock or mountain |
| aught | anything |
| rabble | a crowd that is noisy and hard to control |
| underlings | one who is under the orders of another |
| giddy | having the feeling of whirling or spinning about |