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  1. chiasmus
    inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
  2. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
  3. elegiac
    resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
  4. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  5. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  6. didactic
    instructive (especially excessively)
  7. Dionysian
    of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus
  8. euphony
    any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
  9. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)
  10. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  11. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  12. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  13. fealty
    the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)