| A | B |
|---|
| balustrade | a railing |
| tortoise | a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle |
| surveillance | a watch kept over a person, group, etc., esp. over a suspect, prisoner |
| statuette | a small statue |
| basilica | chapel |
| lira | Italian monetary unit |
| signora | a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman |
| labyrinth | an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit |
| canal | a long narrow arm of the sea penetrating far inland |
| formality | a formal act or observance |
| gondola | famous flat-bottomed taxi boats of Venice |
| indignant | feeling or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust |
| jetty | a wharf or landing pier |
| mutilate | to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts |
| lagoon | an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes |
| imitate | to copy |
| dread | to fear greatly |
| grubby | dirty; slovenly |
| crafty | skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning |
| dourly | sullen; gloomy |
