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tearful or tending to cause tears; mournful.

an undistinguished imitator or follower.

an interval between reigns or governments; more broadly, a pause or gap in continuity.

a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike

something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially something that belongs to an earlier

blindly or overly optimistic.

to restate or summarise; to go over the main points again.

reasoning that tests truth by holding opposing ideas in tension.

seeing meaningful patterns (often faces) in vague or random data.

a dispute about words; a battle of wording rather than substance.