solace-comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
rancorous-malicious resentfulness or hostility; spite
grating-irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings.
elegiac- expressing sorrow or lamentation; resembling, characteristic of, relating to, or appropriate to an elegy
colloquialisms-characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal
superannuated-too old for use, work, service, or a position;antiquated or obsolete:
infantile-characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
disparage-to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle
mock heroic-of or pertaining to a form of satire in which trivial subjects, characters, and events are treated in the ceremonious manner and with the elevated language and elaborate devices characteristic of the heroic style.
pedantic-overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.
Sophocles-495?–406? b.c., Greek dramatist.
malady-any disorder or disease of the body, esp. one that is chronic or deepseated.
accord-to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
timorous-full of fear
villanelle-a short poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five in number, followed by a final quatrain, all being based on two rhymes.
resignation-an accepting, unresisting attitude, state, etc.; submission; acquiescence
ode-a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion
pedestrian-lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull
unseasonable-not befitting the occasion; untimely; ill-timed; inopportune; inappropriate:
staunch-firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person:
distemper- deranged condition of mind or body; a disorder or disease
cadence-rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
dejection-depression or lowness of spirits
enthralled-to captivate or charm
omniscient-all knowing
loquacity-an instance of talkativeness or garrulity; a loquacious flow of talk
tremulous-timid; timorous; fearful.
turbid-not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
ebb-a flowing backward
certitude-freedom from doubt
tumult-violent and noisy commotion; a general outbreak
feigned-pretended; disguised
pedigree-an ancestral line; distinguished, excellence
perverse-wicked or corrupt
dangling modifier-a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., 'when young' in 'when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
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