3015155766 | Abtruse | Difficult to understand | 0 | |
3015155767 | Artificial | A language invented for a specific purpose and based on a set of prescribed rules; not genuine or natural | 1 | |
3015163486 | Bombastic | Speech or writing marked by an extravagance or affectation of style that the content does not warrant; grandiloquent or pompous | 2 | |
3015174426 | Colloquial | Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal | 3 | |
3015178476 | Concrete | Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular | 4 | |
3015182765 | Connotative | Suggest or imply in addition to a literal meaning; words with suggested or associated meanings | 5 | |
3015188060 | Cultured | Educated, polished, and refined | 6 | |
3015189989 | Detached | Marked by an absence of emotional involvement and an impersonal objectivity | 7 | |
3015192535 | Diatribe | A bitter, abusive denunciation | 8 | |
3015201770 | Eloquence | A form of persuasion involving word choices based on moving an audience | 9 | |
3015204476 | Emotive / Emotional | A strong feeling that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort | 10 | |
3015208075 | Esoteric | Intended for or understood by only a particular group, restricted number of people | 11 | |
3015212248 | Euphemistic | Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive | 12 | |
3015222544 | Exact | Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality | 13 | |
3015225738 | Figurative | Based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical | 14 | |
3015229733 | Grotesque | Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion as of appearance or manner | 15 | |
3015234354 | Homespun | Simple and homely; pretentiousness | 16 | |
3015237977 | Idiomatic | Peculiar to or characteristic of a given language or a particular group of people | 17 | |
3015242753 | Incongruous | Lacking in harmony; incompatible and inconsistent | 18 | |
3015247035 | Insipid | Lacking favor or zest; dull | 19 | |
3015251437 | Jargon | A hybrid language or dialogue; a pidgin (nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless language) | 20 | |
3015275408 | Learned | Demonstrating profound, often systematic knowledge; erudite | 21 | |
3015279399 | Literal | Conforming to the exact or primary meaning of a word or words; factual | 22 | |
3015283292 | Moralistic | Characterized by displaying the quality of being in accord with standards of right and good conduct | 23 | |
3015288489 | Obscure | Not readily noticed or seen; ambiguous and vague | 24 | |
3015305020 | Pedantic | Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules | 25 | |
3015307280 | Picturesque | Strikingly expressive or vivid | 26 | |
3015309540 | Plain | Not elaborate or complicated; simple; unaffected and unpretentious | 27 | |
3015312726 | Poetic | Having a quality or style characteristic of poetry | 28 | |
3015316481 | Precise | Clearly expressed or delineated | 29 | |
3015381288 | Pretentious | Marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious | 30 | |
3015383075 | Provincial | Not fashionable or sophisticated; limited in perspective | 31 | |
3015385553 | Schmaltzy | Of or marked by excessive or maudlin sentimentality | 32 | |
3015388287 | Scholarly | Characteristic of knowledge resulting from a study of research (in a particular field) | 33 | |
3015392458 | Sensuous | Appealing to a gratifying of the senses (aesthetics) | 34 | |
3015400489 | Simple | Not involved or complicated | 35 | |
3015400490 | 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) | 36 | |
3015412199 | Symbolic | Expressed by the representations of something else by association, resemblance, or convention | 37 | |
3015416699 | Trite | Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed | 38 | |
3015420103 | Vulgar | Deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement; crudely indecent | 39 |
AP Language: Language Vocab Flashcards
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