2838582612 | Jargon | vocabulary peculiar to a particular trade or group | 0 | |
2838586270 | Vulgar | lacking sophistication or good taste | 1 | |
2838589132 | Scholarly | concerned with academic learning and research | 2 | |
2838591297 | Insipid | lacking taste or interest | 3 | |
2838592627 | Informal | having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature | 4 | |
2838597441 | Precise | marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail | 5 | |
2838600470 | Esoteric | understood by or meant for only the select few who have special interest and knowledge | 6 | |
2838604974 | Connotative | the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning | 7 | |
2838607299 | Plain | clear or distinct to the eye; clear to the mind; evident, manifest, obvious | 8 | |
2838611639 | Literal | taking words in their usual or most basic sense, without figurative language | 9 | |
2838615857 | Pedantic | to be excessively concerned with minor details or rules or with displaying academic learning | 10 | |
2838620902 | Euphemistic | a mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive | 11 | |
2838623469 | Pretentious | attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, then they actually possess | 12 | |
2855116698 | Sensuous | affecting the senses in a pleasing way : pleasant, attractive, or appealing in a way that produces or suggests feelings of physical or sexual pleasure | 13 | |
2855119004 | Ordinary | with no special or distinctive features; normal | 14 | |
2855124787 | Exact | not approximated in any way; precise | 15 | |
2855127793 | Learned | showing, requiring, or characterized by learning; scholarly | 16 | |
2855135703 | Symbolic | expressing or representing an idea or quality without using words; relating to or being used as a symbol | 17 | |
2855162419 | Simple | not hard to understand or do; having few parts; not complex or fancy | 18 | |
2855163563 | 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 language that usually describes something else; not literal | 19 | |
2855171407 | Poetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry; having a beautiful or graceful quality | 20 | |
2855173312 | Moralistic | having or showing strong opinions about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior | 21 | |
2855176745 | Slang | words that are not considered part of the standard vocabulary of a language and that are used very informally in speech especially by a particular group of people | 22 | |
2855178442 | Idiomatic | of, relating to, or conforming to idiom; peculiar to a particular group, individual, or style | 23 | |
2855181987 | Formal | following or according with established form, custom, or rule | 24 | |
2855186579 | Cultured | having or showing good education, tastes, and manners, grown or made under controlled conditions | 25 | |
2855189894 | Picturesque | very pretty or charming; like a painted picture;telling about something in a way that makes it very easy to imagine; causing someone to have a very clear mental picture of something | 26 | |
2855195113 | Homespun | plain and simple | 27 | |
2855197219 | Provincial | of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded | 28 | |
2855199192 | Trite | not interesting or effective because of being used too often; not fresh or original | 29 | |
2855201048 | Colloquial | used when people are speaking in an informal way; using an informal style | 30 | |
2855203571 | Bombastic | high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated | 31 | |
2855207852 | Obscure | not discovered or known about; uncertain | 32 | |
2855212314 | Artificial | lacking naturalness or spontaneity; forced; contrived; feigned | 33 | |
2855215082 | Obtuse | annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand | 34 | |
2855218087 | Folksy | having the characteristics of traditional culture and customs, especially in a contrived or artificial way | 35 | |
2855219456 | Detached | separate or disconnected, in particular | 36 | |
2855221766 | Grotesque | comically or repulsively ugly or distorted | 37 | |
2855230306 | Emotional | relating to emotions; likely to show or express emotion; easily upset, excited, etc; showing emotion | 38 | |
2855236421 | Concrete | constituting an actual thing or instance; real; a concrete proof of his sincerity; pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular | 39 |
Language Terminology for AP Language Flashcards
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