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Prose

Ordinary writing

Decry

Express open disapproval

Onerous

Burdensome, exacting and oppressive

Embryonic

Underdeveloped

Serene

Peaceful

Claw back

to get back (something, such as money) by strenuous or forceful means (such as taxation)

Vanity