fuchsia
pronounced /FYOO-shuh/
a bright purplish-red color, named for the hue of the fuchsia plant
slate
smooth, flat grey stone—or, in this case, the stony bluish-grey color of that stone
baubles
small, ornate items, usually with the implication that they are gaudy or superficial
trinkets
synonym for baubles
plodding
moving or progressing slowly, heavily, and deliberately
unfurling
spreading out and opening up from a previously clenched or balled up state
