Wordlist 2

Question 0

understatement

Answer 0

to say something that is less emphatic than the truth, often with a mocking or ironic tone

Question 1

paradox

Answer 1

seeming contradiction

Question 2

downplay

Answer 2

to make something seem less than it is

Question 3

euphemism

Answer 3

a word or phrase that tries to avoid something unpleasant

Question 4

analogy

Answer 4

comparison

Question 5

metaphor

Answer 5

an extended on parison, using a concrete image

Question 6

figurative

Answer 6

metaphorical,not literal

Question 7

personification

Answer 7

describing an animal or inanimate object in terms used only for people

Question 8

hyperbole/hyperbolic

Answer 8

exaggerated

Question 9

nostalgia

Answer 9

longing for the past

Question 10

convoluted

Answer 10

complicated and unclear

Question 11

succinct

Answer 11

short and to the point

Question 12

economical

Answer 12

practicing good economy-doing a lot with a little

Question 13

brevity

Answer 13

briefness

Question 14

ornate

Answer 14

fancy

Question 15

embellished

Answer 15

decorated

Question 16

cryptic

Answer 16

mysterious

Question 17

florid

Answer 17

elaborately or excessive intricate

Question 18

baroque

Answer 18

elaborately decorated

Question 19

derivative

Answer 19

taken from someone else

Question 20

austere/austerity

Answer 20

bare and simple in style

Question 21

to vacillate

Answer 21

to go back and forth

Question 22

augment

Answer 22

to increase

Question 23

vicissitude

Answer 23

the changes of something

Question 24

to hobble

Answer 24

to prevent

Question 25

to hinder

Answer 25

to obstruct or prevent

Question 26

to hamper

Answer 26

to slow down or obstruct

Question 27

to stymie

Answer 27

to prevent. usually used in adjective form: stymied=stuck

Question 28

affected

Answer 28

having an obvious, put-on manner

Question 29

mannered

Answer 29

your manners show

Question 30

pretentious

Answer 30

aiming higher than what is justified by the circumstances

Question 31

ostentatious

Answer 31

showy and flamboyant

Question 32

hypocritical

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pretending to be or do something you aren’t

Question 33

supercilious

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behaving or looking as though you thought you were better than other people

Question 34

provincial

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having a limited and prejudiced perspective as though you come from a town that has only 5000 people

Question 35

cosmopolitan

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well travelled and international in focus

Question 36

urbane

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sophisticated and smooth as though you come from an urban environment

Question 37

superfluous

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an extra or unneeded thing

Question 38

gratuitous

Answer 38

unnecessary, gratuitous violence in a film means the film would have been entertaining without all that violence

Question 39

extraneous

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unnecessary, an extraneous word is one that doesn’t need to be there to convey your point

Question 40

viable

Answer 40

capable of working successfully or capable of life

Question 41

feasible

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possible to do easily or conveniently

Question 42

plausible

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believable

Question 43

credible

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believable

Question 44

credence

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accept as true or valid

Question 45

expedient

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doing something just because it will get the job done quickly, not because it’s the best way,sometimes something is expedient but immoral

Question 46

amoral

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without morals

Question 47

asocial

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outside of society

Question 48

anomalous

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unusual(outside of normal)

Question 49

anomaly

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a thing or event outside of the norm

Question 50

amorphous

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without shape

Question 51

to jeer

Answer 51

make fun of

Question 52

sardonic

Answer 52

sarcastic

Question 53

wry

Answer 53

dry mocking humor

Question 54

wistful

Answer 54

gently desiring