Sunrise on the Moon

~vocabulary~
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amphitheatre inkling
escarpment quiver
drab wraiths
crevice tumultuous
spangled vermillion
selvedge writhe
pallor effulgence
luminous screptre
splendour incandescence
undulating liquefaction
 amphitheatre
In modern usage, an amphitheatre is a circular,
semicircular or curved, acoustically vibrant
performance space, particularly one located
outdoors.

We were in an enormous amphitheatre, a vast circular

plain, the floor of the giant crater.
 escarpment
a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a
plateau or separating areas of land at different
heights.

The light showed a disordered escarpment of drab

and greyish rock.
 drab
lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

The light showed a disordered escarpment of drab

and greyish rock.
 crevice
a narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or
wall.

It lined here and there with banks and crevices of

snow.
 spangled
covered with spangles or other small sparkling objects
or lights.

It seemed to our earthly eyes rather a gloriously

spangled velvet curtain than the spaciousness of the
sky.
 selvedge
A zone of altered rock, especially volcanic glass, at
the edge of a rock mass.

The eastward cliff was at first merely a starless

selvedge to the starry dome.
 pallor
the state of being very pale

No rosy flush, no creeping pallor, announced the

commencing day.
 luminous
full of or shedding light; bright or shining, especially in
the dark.

The light, a huge cone-shaped, luminous haze,

pointed up towards the splendour of the morning star.
 splendour
magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur.

The light, a huge cone-shaped, luminous haze,

pointed up towards the splendour of the morning star.
 undulating
having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline.

The light showed a huge undulating plain, cold and

grey.
 inkling
a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint.

The summits gave us our inkling of the distance of the

crater wall.
 quiver
tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.

The distant cliff seemed to shift and quiver, and a

touch of a dawn of grey vapour
 wraiths
a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially
one seen shortly before or after their death.

The distant cliff whirls and puffs, and drifting wraiths of

grey, thicker and broader and denser.
 tumultuous
making a loud, confused noise; uproarious.

At last there was nothing to the west of us but a bank

of surging fog, the tumultuous advance and ascent of
cloudy haze.
 vermilion
a brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulfide
(cinnabar).

Its line was marked by strange reddish shapes,

tongues of vermilion flame that writhed and danced.
 writhe
make continual twisting, squirming movements or
contortions of the body.

Its line was marked by strange reddish shapes,

tongues of vermilion flame that writhed and danced.
 effulgence
radiant splendor : brilliance.

A thin edge of intolerable effulgence that took a

circular shape became a blazing sceptre and hurled
a shaft of heat at us.
 screptre
a decorated stick that is carried by a queen or king
during some official ceremonies as a symbol of their
authority.

A thin edge of intolerable effulgence that took a

circular shape became a blazing sceptre and hurled
a shaft of heat at us.
 incandescence
the act of producing a bright light from a heated part:

That incandescence seemed to stab my eyes!

 liquefaction
the process of making something, especially a gas,
liquid.

What had been solid air had suddenly at the touch of

the sun became a paste, a mud, a slushy liquefaction,
that hissed and bubbled into gas.
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