| A | B |
| tendril | a slender spiraling coil |
| oppressive | overpowering; burdersome |
| castanet | wooden shells made into an instrument clicked with the fingers usually used while dancing |
| opaque | not able to see through; not easly understood |
| susurration | whispering |
| pendant | supported from above; suspended |
| gaudy | tasteless decour; overly colorful |
| vicissitude | a suprising change |
| declivities | declining slopes |
| sepal | part of a flower |
| node | complication; knot of swollen tissue |
| abyss | bottomless pit |
| contrite | deeply sorry for something done |
| tacit | expressed without words; implied |
| inscrutable | puzzle or mystery |
| antagonism | hostility |
| perceptible | able to see and or understand |