decipher
to decode or discern
exposition
a large public exhibition
elaborate
detailed and intricate
scrutinize
to examine
penal
relating to the punishment of offenders
judicial
legal
transfiguration
change of form or appearance
apparatus
a machine
dilapidated
rundown, shoddy
caustic
sharp, bitter
harrow
a cultivating tool set with spikes, teeth, or disks and used primarily for breaking up and smoothing the soil (m-w.com)
meticulously
perfectly and precisely
labyrinthine
maze-like
lacerated
cut
premonition
a sense that something, usually bad, is going to happen in the near future
discordant
loud and clashing, not harmonious, out of sync
impugn
to criticize, to say negative things about as with someone's honor or motives
inscribe
to write upon a surface
eventualities
possible outcomes
calibrated
standardized, adjusted