Vocabulary

Receding

Moving gradually backwards or away.

Terrestrial

Relating to the Earth (as opposed to space).

Annihilated

Completely destroyed or wiped out.

Incessant

Continuing without pause or interruption.

Tremulous

Shaking slightly; trembling from fear or nervousness.

Faltering

Losing strength or momentum; hesitant.

Profound

Deep and meaningful; intellectually or emotionally intense.

Eerie

Strange and unsettling.

Groping

Feeling about blindly or uncertainly.

Impenetrable

Impossible to pass through or understand.

Luminous

Giving off light; glowing.

Furtive

Done secretly or slyly.

Aghast

Filled with shock or horror.

Desolate

Empty, bleak, and unwelcoming.

Forlorn

Pitifully sad or abandoned.

Brooding

Deeply or moodily thoughtful, often about something dark.

Clamorous

Loud and noisy, often insistently demanding.

Indistinct

Not clearly seen, heard, or understood.

Dwindling

Gradually decreasing or fading away.

Unearthly

Strange in a way that’s not of this world.

Vacant

Empty, or showing no thought or intelligence.

Reverberating

Echoing back repeatedly.

Melancholy

A deep, pensive sadness.

Muffled

Quieted, softened, or hard to hear.

Uncanny

Mysterious or unsettling, often in a supernatural way.

Oppressive

Weighing heavily on the mind or senses.

Dismal

Gloomy and cheerless.

Precarious

Unstable or dangerously uncertain.