Answer:
'the slab seems unimpressive at first glance'
Explanation:
Hi! The narrator uses the word 'seems' revealing his opinion of what in his eyes is the description of the slab. It's not an affirmative sentence, it's personal and doubted. To analyze the slab the narrator uses an adjective too, showing according to his vision that it's not interesting.
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So the first one would be loses
Before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English caru, cearu, cognate with Gothic kara, Old High German chara “lament”
Archetype? Symbol? Either of those could work