Apparition has two different meanings: a ghost or ghostlike image of a person, and <span>the appearance of something remarkable or unexpected, typically an image of this type. It refers to ghosts.
Calumnious seems like it is referring to beauty or telling someone that they are beautiful.
Imminent means certain. Like saying that death is imminent.
Affliction means causing pain or suffering. Like how the book The Fault in Our Stars refers to the book by Peter Van Houten, An Imperial Affliction, which actually means "An empire of pain and suffering".
Awry means away from the appropriate, planned or expected course; or amiss.
Lament means a passionate expression of grief or sorrow, or showing regret.
A paradox is </span><span>a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
Repugnant means </span><span>extremely distasteful or unacceptable.
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An example of a simile is the following:
"The tree was as thin as a hound dog."
As in the sentence above, a simile is a figure of speech which compares two different things, in order to make the description more intense or forceful. Another example could be:
"The man is as tall as a giraffe."
