Language Terminology for AP Language Flashcards

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