Cultural Sphere and Arts
concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
having a worldwide scope rather than a local or limited one
expressing sorrow often for something past
intellectually productive
lofty in style
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
excessively mournful
lacking wit or imagination
smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
labored and dull
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
a mixture of loud and harsh noises
a slow and constant increase in the volume of a musical piece
an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
a way of exaggerating and emphasizing on something as a figure of speech
a song, poem, musical piece, etc. that expresses the feeling of sadness and morose about a loss or death
a written satire that harshly criticizes or jokes about someone or something
the mistaken use of a word or phrase instead of one that roughly sounds similar but is irrelevant to the context and causes amusement
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
an introductory or preliminary part of a book, statute, document, etc., explaining its purpose
an introductory part at the beginning of a play, movie, TV show, etc.
a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
a long monotonous harangue
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mix together different elements