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- apprehensive
- uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
- onomatopoeia
- the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- liberal
- favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- rhetorical
- used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- replicate
- To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat
- moderate
- of medium quantity, extent, or amount: a moderate income
- legend
- a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
- ominous
- portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
- compund sentence
- a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usually joined by one or more conjunctions, but no dependent clause, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and (conjunction) the rain fell (independent clause).
- conservative
- disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- wistful
- characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- extol
- to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples.
- declarative
- serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement
- infer
- to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence
- reflective
- that reflects; reflecting.
- exuberance
- an instance of this
- rhapsodic
- extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- preoccupied
- completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
- foreshadow
- to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure
- paternalistic
- the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- naive
- having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality
- simple sentence
- A sentence having no coordinate or subordinate clauses, as The cat purred.
- irate
- angry; enraged
- irony
- the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
- didactic
- intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- hyperbole
- obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- vulnerable
- capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon
- parable
- a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- flight of fancy
- An unrealistic idea or fantastic notion, a pipe dream