| A | B |
|---|
| eerie | causing fear or uneasiness because of strangeness or gloominess |
| obscurity | not having enough light; dark |
| entombment | a place in a tomb; bury |
| portal | a large or magnificent door or gate |
| iniquity | something that is unjust or wicked; sin |
| abomination | something detestable |
| loath | unwilling to do something |
| comrades | a close friend or associate |
| recoiled | to fall back under pressure |
| dignitaries | a person of high position or honor |
| sarcophagus | a stone coffin |
| climaxed | the highest point |
| monotony | a lack of change that causes boredom |
| threshold | entrance |
| droning | to make or speak with a low, dull humming sound |
| libation | the act of pouring a liquid in honor of a god |
| transmuted | to change in kind, appearance, or value |
| wraithlike | shadowy |
| joints | a large piece of meat for roasting |
| fowlers | to hunt, catch, or kill wildfowl |
| desecrating | to treat a sacred place or sacred object shamefully or with great disrespect |
| taut | drawn to the limit; not slack |
| carnelian | a hard, tough reddish quartz used as a gem |
| ushabti | intended to act as substitutes for the deceased, should s/he be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife |
| deities | gods or goddesses |
| heed | to pay attention |
| stanch | steadfast in loyalty or principle |
| stark | having few or no ornaments; bare |
| pall | a heavy cloth covering for a coffin, hearse, or tomb |
| guttering | to flicker in a draft |
