| A | B |
| fulcrum | The point of support on which a lever moves something |
| motif | main element or feature |
| fledged | adorned as if with feathers |
| specious | plausible but actually false |
| decorous | showing good taste |
| bastion | a fortified place |
| effulgence | great brightness; radiance |
| gesticulated | gesture with the hands and arms while speaking |
| immured | imprisoned; confined |
| enmity | bitter attitude or feelings of an enemy; hostility |
| foilage | mass of leaves |
| conspiratorial | planning acting together secretly; in a plotting manner |
| induced | brought about; caused |
| interposed | placed or put between |
| embossed | decorated with patterns raised above the surface |
| proffer | an offer or proposal |
| jetty | a kind of wall built out into the water |
| efflorescence | a flowering; blooming |