Diction 51-75 Flashcards
Formal
Of, reflecting, or noting a usage of language in which syntax, pronunciation etc., adhere to traditional standards of correctness and usage is characterized by the absence of casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
Flowery
Rhetorically ornate or precious; showy, bombastic
Inflammatory
Tending to arouse anger; hostility, passion, fiery, provocative
Informal
Suitable to or characteristic of casual and familiar, but educated, speech or writing; unconventional
Insincere
Not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical, deceitful
Jargon
The language esp. The vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group
Loaded
Charged with emotional or associative significance that hinders rational or unprejudiced consideration of the terms involved in a discourse
Lyrical
Characterized by or expressing spontaneous, direct feeling; having the form and musical quality of a song, and esp. The character of a song like outpouring of the poet’s on thoughts and feelings
Melodious
Of the nature of or characterized by melody, tuneful; sweet-sounding
Monosyllabic
Having a vocabulary composed primarily of monosyllables or short, simple words
Nostalgic
A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in ones life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness if a former place or time
Offensive
Causing resentful displeasure, highly irritating, angering, or annoying; insulting, displeasing, unpleasant
Ornate
Ostentatious, elaborately adorned, showy, embellished with rhetoric, high-flown
Passionate
Having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid, zealous, ardent, enthusiastic,glowing, fiery
Patriotic
Expressing or inspired by patriotism; live if one’s country
Political
Of, pertaining to, or concerned with politics, government
Romantic
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of romance，characteristic or suggestive of the word romance; fanciful: impractical ; unrealistic, idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, emphasizes imagination, emotion, celebrates nature, the ordinary person
Sentimental
Expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. The tender emotions and feelings, as in love, pity; weakly emotional
Shocking
Causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, staggering , startling, appalling
Sincere
Free if deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness: genuine, real, pure , honest, straightforward
Subdued
Quiet, inhibited; repressed; controlled; lowered intensity or strength; reduced in fullness of tone, muted
Tame
Lacking in excitement, dull, insipid
Technical
Peculiar to or characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, trade
Unifying
To make or become a single unit; unite, combine, merge, fuse
