Diction Vocabulary, AP Literature and Composition Flashcards

words to describe diction

8048756285	Jargon	vocabulary for a profession	0
8048756286	vulgar	coarse, indecent, tasteless, EX: ******* FBI DONT RESPECT NOTHIN	1
8048756287	scholarly	intellectual, academic	2
8048756288	insipid	uninteresting, tame, dull	3
8048756289	precise	exact, accurate, decisive	4
8048756290	esoteric	understood by a chosen few	5
8048756291	connotative	alludes to; suggestive	6
8048756292	plain	clear, obvious	7
8048756293	literal	the primary meaning of the word; apparent, word for word	8
8048756294	colloquial	ordinary, familiar language; vernacular (slang) EX: "Bloody Hell" -Ron, Harry Potter	9
8048756295	artificial	lacking naturalness; false	10
8048756296	detached	cut-off, removed, separated	11
8048756297	emotional	having feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love	12
8048756298	pedantic	didactic, scholastic, bookish	13
8048756299	euphonious	pleasant sounding (languid, 'cellar door,' nefarious, sonorous, ethereal, iridescent)	14
8048756300	cacophonous	harsh sounding ("With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, Agape they heard me call.")	15
8048756301	euphemistic	an expression to substitute a harsh, blunt, or offensive word; You aren't broke, you have a temporarily negative cash flow.	16
8048756302	pretentious	pompous, gaudy, inflated	17
8048756303	sensuous	perceived by or affecting the senses; passionate, luscious	18
8048756304	exact	verbatim, precise	19
8048756305	learned	connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge; educated, experienced	20
8048756306	symbolic	representative, metaphorical	21
8048756307	simple	easy to understand; clear, intelligible	22
8048756308	figurative	involving figurative speech; serving as illustration	23
8048756309	bombastic	high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.	24
8048756310	abstruse	difficult to understand; obscure.	25
8048756311	grotesque	hideous, deformed; repulsively ugly or distorted.	26
8048756312	concrete	representing an actual thing over quality (specific, particular) ex: cat, water, teacher	27
8048756313	poetic	lyric, melodious, romantic	28
8048756314	moralistic	concerned with or relating to human behavior or morality	29
8048756315	slang	informal vocab; lingo, colloquialism	30
8048756316	idiomatic	using expressions native to a speaker; Peculiar, vernacular	31
8048756317	cultured	enlightened; cultivated, refined, finished	32
8048756318	picturesque	vivid, colorful, impressive, striking	33
8048756319	homespun	folksy, homey, native, rustic	34
8048756320	provincial	rural, rustic, unpolished	35
8048756321	trite	lacking freshness because of constant use of excessive repetition; common, banal, stereotyped	36
8048756322	obscure	unclear, plain, ambiguous	37
8048756323	denotation	the literal or primary meaning of a word	38
8048756324	high/ formal diction	elevated and elaborate, complex words, a lofty tone.	39
8048756325	Middle or neutral diction	stresses simplicity rather than complexity; maintains correct language but avoids elaborate words.	40
8048756326	Low or informal diction	The language used in common, everyday situations. It is relaxed and unself-conscious. The language of people "hanging out." Uses common and simple words, foreign expressions, slang, swear words, and invented words.	41
8048756327	Abstract	general or conceptual; not having a physical or concrete existence.	42