Ap Lang language words Flashcards

3445844965	jargon	language used for a particular activity or by a particular group of people	0
3445850225	vulgar	no having or showing good manners, good taste, or politeness relating to the common people	1
3445856287	scholarly	concerned with or relating to formal study or research learned, academic, erudite	2
3445859154	insipid	not interesting or exciting; dull to boring lacking strong flavor	3
3445859155	precise	exact, accurate, concerned with the details	4
3445862333	esoteric	known or understood by a few	5
3445863773	connotative	signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning	6
3445867346	plain	simple, ungarnished, can be somewhat dull or boring, easy to understand	7
3445870168	literal	involving the ordinary or usual meaning of a word meaning what is said exactly, not over exaggerated, completely true	8
3445873417	metaphorical	containing metaphors- comparing one thing to another. conveys a message	9
3445883919	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 by using language that usually describes something else- not literal	10
3445888800	colloquial	conversational, informal, resembling spoken langauge	11
3445917891	formal	appropriate for a official or serious piece of writing or speech. following or according with established form, custom, or rule	12
3445922832	informal	casual, inappropriate for a official or serious, laid back and relaxed	13
3445931024	wordy	containing too many words	14
3445932818	scientific	of or relating to science	15
3445935397	artificial	contrived, fake, not natural, not sincere	16
3445939980	pedantic	narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned dull, unimaginative	17
3445939981	euphemistic	expressing something that could be offensive in a way that is easier to hear. expressed in a way that attempts to protect others feelings. careful not to offend	18
3445947025	pretentious	overblown, pompous showing or suggesting the unpleasant quality of people who think they are more impressive or important than they are in reality	19
3445948666	sensuous	affecting the senses in an appealing, pleasant way attractive, sexually appealing	20
3445950612	sensory	appeals to the senses. engages the senses	21
3445955394	exact	precise, detailed, clearly expressed, specific, accurate	22
3445959403	learned	shows knowledge obtained through experience or studying	23
3445965981	symbolic	expressing a message, idea or quality through the use of symbols	24
3445972141	simple	not ornate, basic, not complicated, easy to understand	25
3445974889	bombastic	artificial eloquence, doesn't contain much real substance but may appear to on the surface as it is written is such a wt that is meant to seem impressive and important of or relating pretentious overblown speech or writing	26
3445981701	abstruse	hard to understand, difficult to comprehend	27
3445981702	religious	pertaining to religion or spiritual beliefs by which a person lives their life by, firm devotion,	28
3445995591	obscure	isolated, largely unknown or forgotten, not understood	29
3446001767	verbose	using more words than needed	30
3446001768	active/passive	active- taking action the subject of the sentence is doing an action -the cat ate the food passive- sitting back not taking action observing not asserting oneself the subject of the sentence receives the action the food was eaten by the cat	31
3446014208	authoritative	having or showing impressive knowledge about a subject having t he confident quality of someone who i respected or obeyed by other people	32
3446023508	abstract	of or relating to general overeaching ideas rather than specific concrete things. confusing complicated, hard to grasp	33
3446037267	concrete	pertaining to clear specific things that can be understood or grasped easily rather than general ideas or qualities	34
3446044965	grotesque	very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural extremely different from what is expected or usual	35
3446055488	poetic	resembling poetry having a beautiful or graceful quality	36
3446057806	flowery	elaborate, ornate, excessive use of long complicated words to give the appearance of knowledge or sophistication	37
3446062809	moralistic	having or showing strong beliefs about what is right and wrong , concerned with morality, characterized by a narrow moral attitude	38
3446073319	biblical	of or relating to the bible	39
3446074788	slang	words that are not considered a part of standard vocab that are used in conversation usually by a particular group of people	40
3446080341	idiomatic	containing idioms(an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its words) peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect - its meaning would not hold where translated	41
3446084326	picturesque	charming, idealized, easy to imagine, creating a pleasant image in the readers mind	42
3446089413	imagistic	descriptive in the sense that it creates a vivid image in the readers mind	43
3446097410	erotic	relating to sex creates sexual thoughts or feelings	44
3446099090	provincial	limited, narrow minded, lacking in experience outside of a certain realm, unrefined, unsophisticated	45
3446102568	trite	not fresh or original, overdone not interesting or effective because of being used too often	46
3446105186	inappropriate	possibly offensive, no suited for a certain situation	47
3446107339	vivid	very clear or detailed producing a strong or clear impression on the senses specifically producing distinct mental images	48
3446113631	ornamental	not simple, garnished, showy decorative, used to make something more attractive	49
3446119639	regional	of or relating to a particular region and its beliefs, customs, ideas, culture; localized characteristic of a certain region	50
3446125266	childish	immature, silly, playful	51
3446126519	cliche	trite, an overdone idea or saying that is no longer interesting, funny, etc. not fresh or original	52
3446133828	technical	having special knowledge of the inter workings of a certain thing. specific, relating to the specifics of a certain thing having special and usually practical knowledge especially of a mechanical or scientific subject	53
3446137933	complex	complicated, cannot be easily expressed a their are many aspects to such a thing, not easy to understand or explain	54
3446141291	sophisticated	having or showing a lot of knowledge and experience about the world, and about culture, art, literature, etc. highly developed and complex	55
3446146028	unsophisticated	not having or showing a lot of knowledge or experience about the world, art, culture, literature, etc not highly developed or complex	56
3446148488	sophomoric	having or showing a lack of emotional maturity: foolish and immature	57
3446149971	non-standard	not conforming in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary,etc to the usage considered acceptable by most educated native speakers.	58
3446152796	oxymoronic	containing oxymorons( a combination of words that have opposite and very different meanings)- a concept that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements.	59
3446155340	elevated	having an intelligent an usually formal tone or quality	60
3446155341	deflated	lacking in confidence or pride	61
3446156647	double speak	language that can be understood in more than one way and that is used to trick or deceive people	62
3446174158	dialect	a form of language that is spoken in a particular area and that uses some of its own words, grammar, and pronunciations	63