| Term | Definition |
|---|
| sophisticated | experienced in wordly ways; mature; classy |
| aloofness | being uninterested; acting distant, like you don't care |
| elite | selected as the best |
| resignedly | patiently accepting; to give in |
| ember | a hot glowing fragment of wood or coal |
| apprehensive | fearful or anxious; nervous |
| defiance | open disobedience or resistance; bold |
| contemptuos | feeling hatred; scornful |
| sheepish | embarrassed; timid; shy |
| premonition | an early warning about a future event |
| imploringly | begging; pleading |
| sullenly | in a gloomy, silent, angry way |
| hue | a particular shade of a given color |
| subside | sink to a lower level or form a depression |
| elude | to escape understandin; to baffle |
| wistfully | longinly, in a wishful manner |
| doggedly | stubbornly determined |
| conviction | a strong belief |
| detached | uninvolved; disinterested |
| racking | agonizing, tormenting |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| idiom | an expression that would make little sense if taken literally |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison without using like or as |
| imagery | the ability to form mental images of things or events |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds |
| personification | giving human like qualities to inanimate objects |
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