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Insolent

Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Irreverent

Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are genereally taken seriously

Lugubrious

Looking or sounding sad and dismal

Patronizing

Treat with apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority

Pedantic

Of or like a person who is excessivly concerned with displaying academic learning

Euphony

The tendency to make phonetic changes for ease of pronunciation

Free verse

Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

Heroic couplet

A pair of rhyming iambic pentameters much used by the poets of the 17th and 18th century

Hubris

Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character, which ultimately brings their downfall

Hyperbole

A figure of speech that involves exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis