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conglomeration mass of material sticking together implacable unable to be calmed down or made peaceful tenement rundown apartment buildings convention a characteristic of a literary genre (often unrealistic) that is understood and accepted by audiences because it has come, through usage and time, to be recognized as a familiar technique illusion misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief quaint odd or old-fashioned in a pleasing way slight small in amount or degree: "I was not _____ed in either respect [face or figure]", elegiac expressing sorrow often for something past beaux boyfriends or male admirers flounce to move in a lively or bouncy manner ascent a movement upward; climb spellbound entranced, enchanted, fascinated cloche a woman's close-fitting helmet-like hat martyred (adj.) to look like one who has endured great suffering deception trick or lie; an attempt to make someone believe something that is not true inaudibly faintly, very quietly spinster an elderly unmarried woman patronage the act of providing approval and support vivacity liveliness; animation; sprightliness serial a story given one part at a time sublimate refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities insolence disrespectful, insulting behavior