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fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
antiquatedoutmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
anarchyabsence of government
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
upshotthe final result : outcome
crinkleto form many short bends or ripples
epitheta characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing