Vocabulary from Chapters One and Two

Front

clambering

Back

climbing awkwardly

Front

proffer

Back

offer; suggestion

Front

efflorescence

Back

blossoming; flowering

Front

effulgence

Back

brilliance; radiant splendor

Front

enmity

Back

hostility; mutual hatred

Front

decorous

Back

decent; correct; fitting

Front

fulcrum

Back

support on which a lever pivots

Front

furtive

Back

sly; surreptitious; underhanded

Front

indignation

Back

anger due to unjust treatment

Front

bastion

Back

projecting part of a fortification