| ballad |
a poem or song that tells a story. |
| bureau |
a chest of drawers. |
| chronic |
tending to a certain behavior or illness over a long time or without stopping. |
| commit |
to dedicate, devote or pledge. |
| contradict |
to say the opposite of; deny the truth of. |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. |
| embed |
to set firmly in some surrounding material. |
| haughty |
proud in a way that shows a low opinion of others; thinking of others as beneath oneself. |
| hover |
to stay hanging in the air, often by quick flapping or spinning. |
| insincerity |
falsity or hypocrisy. |
| literally |
word for word. |
| maturity |
the state of being fully grown or developed. |
| persuasion |
the act of convincing someone to believe something or do something. |
| regional |
of or relating to a particular geographical area. |
| resistance |
the act or process of fighting against or opposing something. |