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| Scornfully or cynically mocking |
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| Given to complaining; peevish |
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| Absence of light; darkness; the condition of being unknown |
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| The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy |
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| Impossible to satiate or satisfy |
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| Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy |
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| A narrative structure containing or connecting a series of otherwise unrelated tales |
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| Long and thin; slender; having little substance; flimsy |
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| Having a slanting direction; devious, misleading, or dishonest |
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| Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; difficult to manage or control |
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| Lacking energy or vitality, weak; showing little or no spirit or animation |
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| Relating to a style of fiction that has grotesque, desolate, and mysterious themes and descriptions |
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| To break a literary work into parts and examine closely each part |
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| The atmosphere created by a work of literature |
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| Descriptions or images that relate to the five senses |
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| A device in which human characteristics are given to something nonhuman. |
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| The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language |
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| Indefinite number; innumerable |
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