excoriating (en)

(verb) to wear off the skin of; abrade / (verb) to censure scathingly

lapidary (en)

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

marmoreal (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness

tenebrous (en)

(adjective) shut off from the light; dark murky / (adjective) hard to understand; obscure / (adjective) causing gloom

thrall (en)

(noun) a servant slave; bondman / (noun) serf / (noun) a person in moral or mental servitude / (noun) a state of servitude or submission / (noun) a state of complete absorption / (verb) enthrall enslave