| A | B |
|---|
| clambering | climbing awkwardly |
| proffer | offer; suggestion |
| efflorescence | blossoming; flowering |
| effulgence | brillance; radiant splendor |
| enmity | hostility; mutual hatred |
| decorous | decent; correct; fitting |
| fulcrum | support on which a lever pivots |
| furtive | sly; surreptitious; underhanded |
| indignation | anger due to unjust treatment |
| bastion | projecting part of a fortification |
| hiatus | break; gap; pause |
| gesticulated | made gestures when speaking to show strong feeling |
| clamored | shouted noisily and insistently |
| ebullience | lively or enthusiastic expression |
| assented | thoughtfully agreed; concurred |
| recrimination | charges against an accuser |
| hayrick | haystack |
| tumult | commotion; riot |
| tirade | long, angry or violent speech |
