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4970120985MonosyllabicOne syllable in length0
4970122935PolysyllabicMore than one syllable in length (the more if polysyllabic words, the more difficult the context.)1
4970122936ColloquialRegional, provincial language2
4970124824InformalConversational3
4970124825FormalLiterary4
4970127228JargonLanguage related to a specific field5
4970127229Old-fashionedWords dated according to time period6
4970130307VulgarNon-standard with deficient taste7
4970130308SlangVernacular speech associated with a time period8
4970130309DenotativeContaining an exact meaning (dress)9
4970132303ConnotativeContaining a suggested meaning (gown)10
4970132304ConcreteSpecific11
4970135467AbstractGeneral or conceptual12
4970135468EuphoniousPleasant sounding (languid, murmur)13
4970167410CacophonousHarsh sounding (raucous, croak)14
4970167411LiteralAccurate, without embellishment15
4970170463FiguarativeComparative creating pictorial effect16
4970170464Objectiveimpersonal and unemotional17
4970172889SubjectivePersonal and emotional18
4970172890ActiveStates action19
4970172891PassiveStates being20
4970199442HyperbolicDeliberate exaggeration21
4970219953UnderstatedDeliberate minimizing22
4970222078PedestrianLayman's terms23
4970222079PedanticBookish, difficult to understand24
4970224590Clichefigurative language that has lost its freshness, clarity25
4970386585Compound SentenceA sentence with two or more independent clauses26
4970402330Enthymemean argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated.27
4970403482Euphemisma mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.28
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