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- vulnerable
- capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt
- horde
- a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd
- glade
- an open space in a forest
- irate
- angry
- apprehensive
- quick to learn or understand
- simple sentence
- a sentence having only one clause
- moderate
- kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits
- liberal
- favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- declarative
- serving to declare, make known, or explain
- lope
- to move or run with bounding steps
- writhe
- to twist the body about
- pelt
- to throw
- dominion
- rule; control; domination
- ominous
- portending evil or harm
- paternalistic
- managing of governing individuals
- conservative
- disposed to preserve existing conditions
- apparatus
- a group or combination of instruments, machinery, tools,
- extol
- to praise highly
- parable
- a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- hyperbole
- obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- rhapsodic
- extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- compound sentence
- a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses
- didactic
- intended for instruction; instructive
- exuberance
- enthusiastic
- solace
- alleviation or comfort
- wistful
- characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- naive
- lack of experience
- flight of fancy
- An unrealistic idea or fantastic notion, a pipe dream