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40 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse |
Difficult to understand |
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Artificial |
A language invented for a specific purpose and based on a set of prescribed rules; not genuine or natural |
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Bombastic |
Speech or writing marked by an extravagance or affectation of style that the content does not warrant; grandiloquent or pompous |
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Colloquial |
Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal |
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Concrete |
Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular |
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Connotative |
Suggest or imply in addition to a literal meaning; words with suggested or associated meanings |
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Cultured |
Educated, polished, and refined |
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Detached |
Marked by an absence of emotional involvement, and an impersonal objectivity |
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Diatribe |
A bitter, abusive denunciation |
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Eloquence |
A form of persuasion involving word choices based on moving an audience |
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Emotional |
A strong feeling that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort |
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Esoteric |
Intended for or understood by only a particular group, restricted number or people |
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Euphemistic |
Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive |
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Exact |
Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality |
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Figurative |
Based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical |
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Grotesque |
Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion as of appearance of manner |
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Homespun |
Simple and homely; unpretentious |
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Idiomatic |
Peculiar to or characteristic of a given language or a particular group of people |
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Incongruous |
Lacking in harmony; incompatible and inconsistent |
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Insipid |
Lacking of flavor or zest; dull |
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Jargon |
A hybrid language or dialogue; a pidgin (nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless language) |
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Learned |
Demonstrating profound, often systematic knowledge; erudite |
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Literal |
Conforming to the exact or primary meaning or a word or words; factual |
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Moralistic |
Characterized by displaying the quality of being in accord with standards of right and good conduct |
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Obscure |
Not readily noticed or seen; ambiguous or vague |
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Pendantic |
Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules |
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Picturesque |
Strikingly expressive or vivid |
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Plain |
Not elaborate or complicated; simple; unaffected and unpretentious |
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Poetic |
Having a quality or style characteristic of poetry |
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Precise |
Clearly expressed or delineated |
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Pretentious |
Marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious |
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Provincial |
Not fashionable or sophisticated; limited in perspective |
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Schmaltzy |
Of or marked by excessive or maudlin sentimentality |
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Scholarly |
Characteristic of knowledge resulting from study of research (in a particular field) |
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Sensuous |
Appealing to a gratifying of the senses (aesthrtics) |
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Simple |
Not involved or complicated |
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Slang |
A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech; made up typically of short lived coinages and figures of speech that are used deliberately in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other affect; (language peculiar to a group) |
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Symbolic |
Expressed by the representations of somethong else by association, resemblance, or convention |
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Trite |
Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed |
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Vulgar |
Deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement; crudely indecent |
