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a deliberate, often artificial display meant to impress or have an effect.

nearness in place, time, or relationship.

formed by combining different beliefs, practices, or influences into one.

relating to interpretation, especially of texts (and how meaning changes with context).

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.