| A | B |
|---|
| bastion | a fortress or place/person of strength |
| creeper | a jungle vine |
| decorous | decent; correct; fitting |
| distraught | extremely upset |
| eccentric | not complying to the norm in behavior or thought; a bit weird or strange |
| efflorescence | the state of flowering or growing ; blossoming |
| effulgence | shining radiance;brilliance; splendor |
| enmity | hostility; mutual hatred; hatred |
| epiphany | a sudden change of thought; a realization of what is right; |
| fulcrum | a wedge or support to move something; support on which a lever pivots |
| furtive | sly, surreptitious; underhanded; secretive |
| gesticulated | making gestures with hands or fingers; making gestures when speaking to show strong feelings |
| hayrick | haystack |
| indignation | strong displeasure; anger due to unjust treatment |
| irrelevance | of no importance |
| pallid | pale |
| pliant | flexible; easily manipulated |
| proffer | to offer suggestion |
| recrimination | charge made against an accuser by the accused |
| specious | pleasing to the eye, but deceptive |
