What was your initial reaction to Swift's "A Modest Proposal?"

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

happy to : )

absolutism the political belief that one ruler should hold all of the power within the boundaries of a country.