10991459549 | Jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. | 0 | |
10991459550 | Colloquial | pertaining to common everyday speech for a certain group of people; conversational | 1 | |
10991459551 | Abstract | refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images | 2 | |
10991459552 | Slang | an informal, often short-lived kind of language used in place of standard words | 3 | |
10991459553 | Concrete | existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract. | 4 | |
10991459554 | Monosyllabic | having only one syllable | 5 | |
10991459555 | Polysyllabic | having many syllables | 6 | |
10991459556 | Literal | Exactly true, rather than figurative or metaphorical | 7 | |
10991459557 | Figurative | using figures of speech; symbolic, not literal | 8 | |
10991459558 | Semantics | Meaning of words and sentences | 9 | |
10991459559 | Euphonious | pleasant sounding | 10 | |
10991459560 | Cacophonous | unpleasant or harsh-sounding | 11 | |
10991459561 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 12 | |
10991459562 | Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word | 13 | |
10991459563 | Formal | following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way | 14 | |
10991459564 | Informal | having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature | 15 | |
10991459565 | Cliche | a worn-out idea or overused expression | 16 | |
10991459566 | Idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. | 17 | |
10991459567 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 18 | |
10991459568 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 19 | |
10991459569 | Oxymoron | A two-word paradox, a statement or phrase that seems contradictory but is actually true. | 20 | |
10991459570 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 21 | |
10991459571 | Meiosis/Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 22 | |
10991459572 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 23 | |
10991459573 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 24 | |
10991459574 | Antithesis | the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, in parallel structure | 25 | |
10991459575 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 26 |
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