English vocab

Question	Answer
Teem	To be full of; to swarm; to overflow
Pastoral	Relating to shepards
Persona	A character one adopts for a reason
Sophisticated	Highly refined; complicated; worldly wise
Vicarious	Acting on behalf of or representing someone else
Mood	The prevailing emotional attitude in a work (literature)
Lyric	A brief emotional poem expressing thought rather than telling a story
Diction	Word choice and level of language in a work of literature
Colloquial	Conversational; friendly; informal
Lofty	Exalted in style, tone, or sentiment; superior
Ironic	Containing meaning more complex than or even opposite to the literal meaning
Sarcastic	Sneering; cutting; bitterly satirical or ironic
Glean	To collect leftover grain; to gather laboriously, bit by bit
Nativity	Birth
Morsel	Small bit or portion of food
(BONUS): Clachan	A village, a hamlet (word dating back to 15th century)
(BONUS): Stinkpot	An earthen jar filled with fetid material

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