| 3445844965 | jargon | language used for a particular activity or by a particular group of people | 0 | |
| 3445850225 | vulgar | no having or showing good manners, good taste, or politeness relating to the common people | 1 | |
| 3445856287 | scholarly | concerned with or relating to formal study or research learned, academic, erudite | 2 | |
| 3445859154 | insipid | not interesting or exciting; dull to boring lacking strong flavor | 3 | |
| 3445859155 | precise | exact, accurate, concerned with the details | 4 | |
| 3445862333 | esoteric | known or understood by a few | 5 | |
| 3445863773 | connotative | signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning | 6 | |
| 3445867346 | plain | simple, ungarnished, can be somewhat dull or boring, easy to understand | 7 | |
| 3445870168 | literal | involving the ordinary or usual meaning of a word meaning what is said exactly, not over exaggerated, completely true | 8 | |
| 3445873417 | metaphorical | containing metaphors- comparing one thing to another. conveys a message | 9 | |
| 3445883919 | figurative | of words, language, etc. : used with a meaning that is different from the basic meaning and that expresses an idea in an interesting way by using by using language that usually describes something else- not literal | 10 | |
| 3445888800 | colloquial | conversational, informal, resembling spoken langauge | 11 | |
| 3445917891 | formal | appropriate for a official or serious piece of writing or speech. following or according with established form, custom, or rule | 12 | |
| 3445922832 | informal | casual, inappropriate for a official or serious, laid back and relaxed | 13 | |
| 3445931024 | wordy | containing too many words | 14 | |
| 3445932818 | scientific | of or relating to science | 15 | |
| 3445935397 | artificial | contrived, fake, not natural, not sincere | 16 | |
| 3445939980 | pedantic | narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned dull, unimaginative | 17 | |
| 3445939981 | euphemistic | expressing something that could be offensive in a way that is easier to hear. expressed in a way that attempts to protect others feelings. careful not to offend | 18 | |
| 3445947025 | pretentious | overblown, pompous showing or suggesting the unpleasant quality of people who think they are more impressive or important than they are in reality | 19 | |
| 3445948666 | sensuous | affecting the senses in an appealing, pleasant way attractive, sexually appealing | 20 | |
| 3445950612 | sensory | appeals to the senses. engages the senses | 21 | |
| 3445955394 | exact | precise, detailed, clearly expressed, specific, accurate | 22 | |
| 3445959403 | learned | shows knowledge obtained through experience or studying | 23 | |
| 3445965981 | symbolic | expressing a message, idea or quality through the use of symbols | 24 | |
| 3445972141 | simple | not ornate, basic, not complicated, easy to understand | 25 | |
| 3445974889 | bombastic | artificial eloquence, doesn't contain much real substance but may appear to on the surface as it is written is such a wt that is meant to seem impressive and important of or relating pretentious overblown speech or writing | 26 | |
| 3445981701 | abstruse | hard to understand, difficult to comprehend | 27 | |
| 3445981702 | religious | pertaining to religion or spiritual beliefs by which a person lives their life by, firm devotion, | 28 | |
| 3445995591 | obscure | isolated, largely unknown or forgotten, not understood | 29 | |
| 3446001767 | verbose | using more words than needed | 30 | |
| 3446001768 | active/passive | active- taking action the subject of the sentence is doing an action -the cat ate the food passive- sitting back not taking action observing not asserting oneself the subject of the sentence receives the action the food was eaten by the cat | 31 | |
| 3446014208 | authoritative | having or showing impressive knowledge about a subject having t he confident quality of someone who i respected or obeyed by other people | 32 | |
| 3446023508 | abstract | of or relating to general overeaching ideas rather than specific concrete things. confusing complicated, hard to grasp | 33 | |
| 3446037267 | concrete | pertaining to clear specific things that can be understood or grasped easily rather than general ideas or qualities | 34 | |
| 3446044965 | grotesque | very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural extremely different from what is expected or usual | 35 | |
| 3446055488 | poetic | resembling poetry having a beautiful or graceful quality | 36 | |
| 3446057806 | flowery | elaborate, ornate, excessive use of long complicated words to give the appearance of knowledge or sophistication | 37 | |
| 3446062809 | moralistic | having or showing strong beliefs about what is right and wrong , concerned with morality, characterized by a narrow moral attitude | 38 | |
| 3446073319 | biblical | of or relating to the bible | 39 | |
| 3446074788 | slang | words that are not considered a part of standard vocab that are used in conversation usually by a particular group of people | 40 | |
| 3446080341 | idiomatic | containing idioms(an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its words) peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect - its meaning would not hold where translated | 41 | |
| 3446084326 | picturesque | charming, idealized, easy to imagine, creating a pleasant image in the readers mind | 42 | |
| 3446089413 | imagistic | descriptive in the sense that it creates a vivid image in the readers mind | 43 | |
| 3446097410 | erotic | relating to sex creates sexual thoughts or feelings | 44 | |
| 3446099090 | provincial | limited, narrow minded, lacking in experience outside of a certain realm, unrefined, unsophisticated | 45 | |
| 3446102568 | trite | not fresh or original, overdone not interesting or effective because of being used too often | 46 | |
| 3446105186 | inappropriate | possibly offensive, no suited for a certain situation | 47 | |
| 3446107339 | vivid | very clear or detailed producing a strong or clear impression on the senses specifically producing distinct mental images | 48 | |
| 3446113631 | ornamental | not simple, garnished, showy decorative, used to make something more attractive | 49 | |
| 3446119639 | regional | of or relating to a particular region and its beliefs, customs, ideas, culture; localized characteristic of a certain region | 50 | |
| 3446125266 | childish | immature, silly, playful | 51 | |
| 3446126519 | cliche | trite, an overdone idea or saying that is no longer interesting, funny, etc. not fresh or original | 52 | |
| 3446133828 | technical | having special knowledge of the inter workings of a certain thing. specific, relating to the specifics of a certain thing having special and usually practical knowledge especially of a mechanical or scientific subject | 53 | |
| 3446137933 | complex | complicated, cannot be easily expressed a their are many aspects to such a thing, not easy to understand or explain | 54 | |
| 3446141291 | sophisticated | having or showing a lot of knowledge and experience about the world, and about culture, art, literature, etc. highly developed and complex | 55 | |
| 3446146028 | unsophisticated | not having or showing a lot of knowledge or experience about the world, art, culture, literature, etc not highly developed or complex | 56 | |
| 3446148488 | sophomoric | having or showing a lack of emotional maturity: foolish and immature | 57 | |
| 3446149971 | non-standard | not conforming in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary,etc to the usage considered acceptable by most educated native speakers. | 58 | |
| 3446152796 | oxymoronic | containing oxymorons( a combination of words that have opposite and very different meanings)- a concept that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements. | 59 | |
| 3446155340 | elevated | having an intelligent an usually formal tone or quality | 60 | |
| 3446155341 | deflated | lacking in confidence or pride | 61 | |
| 3446156647 | double speak | language that can be understood in more than one way and that is used to trick or deceive people | 62 | |
| 3446174158 | dialect | a form of language that is spoken in a particular area and that uses some of its own words, grammar, and pronunciations | 63 |
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