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| cheaply showy, flashy and trashy |
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| to scorn, to treat with contempt; (n) scorn, contempt |
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| thing of little significance or importance |
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| to treat cavalierly, to use without respecting (to trifle with someone's feelings) |
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| to be willing to do although you have to lower yourself to someone else's level, to condescend (always implies a feeling of superiority on the part of the one who deigns) |
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| to deign, to lower oneself to a lower level |
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| relevant, pertinent, related to |
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| a showing forth, a revealing |
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| a driving force, an inspiration |
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| heedless, rash, impulsive |
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| a type or classification, esp. of literature, film, or art |
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| an imitation whose goal is to mock and make fun of the thing imitated, a form of satire |
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| serious poem about death, someone's death |
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| somber in tone, evoking serious, doleful responses |
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| a contrasting character in literature |
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| the use of words to create a specific effect |
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| crafted with words to create a specific effect |
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| a seeming contradiction that expresses a higher truth |
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