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Antithesis

n. figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of each other

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Bauble

n. a small, showy trinket or decoration

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Bestial

adj. savagely cruel and depraved

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Bland

adj. plain

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Chagrin

n. distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated.

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Diaphanous

adj. (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent

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Effete

adj. sensitive, overrefined, ineffectual

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Emendation

n. process of making a revision or correction to a text

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Gloat

v. contemplate or dwell on one’s own success or another’s misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure

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Impediment

n. a hindrance or obstruction in doing something

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Impotent

adj. unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless

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Labyrinth

n. a maze

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Maelstrom

n. situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil; a whirlpool

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Nihilism

n. rejection of all religious and moral principles, belief that life is meaningless

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Shard

n. a thin piece with sharp edges of something shattered/broken, typically of glass, ceramic, rock

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