Word Watcher Chapter 3

1. tumult (page 30) noun. violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar

There was a tumult.

2. cinder (page 31) noun. a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.

Burned into a cinder!

3. monocle (page 31) noun. an eyeglass for one eye.

He looked like the typical S5 officer, a cruel, though not unintelligent face, complete with monocle.

4. antechamber (page 34) noun. a chamber or room that serves as a waiting room and entrance to a larger room or an apartment; anteroom.

This is what the antechamber of hell must look like.

5. vigor (page 35) noun. active strength or force.

If vigor was that appreciated, perhaps one should try to appear sturdy?

6. fatigue (page 36) noun. weariness from bodily or mental exertion.

I was overcome by fatigue.

7. lucidity (page 36) adjective. easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible

8. oblivion (page 36) noun. the state of being completely forgotten or unknown

In one terrifying moment of lucidity, I thought of us as damned souls wandering through the void, souls condemned to wander through space until the end of time, seeking redemption, seeking oblivion, without any hope of finding either.

9. imperative (page 30) noun. a command

It was imperative to stay together.

10. infernal (page 33) adjective. hellish; fiendish; diabolical

We were coming closer and closer to the pit, from which an infernal heat was rising.

-Michelle !