front 1 Formal | back 1 Academic or scholarly, professional, no slang or colloquial language |
front 2 Informal | back 2 everyday, slang, colloquial, vulgar |
front 3 Colloquial | back 3 an expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally |
front 4 Slang | back 4 Words or phrases - very informal - often generational |
front 5 Jargon | back 5 Special words or phrases used by a profession or group - difficult for others to understand |
front 6 Monosyllabic | back 6 One syllable |
front 7 Polysyllabic | back 7 Two or more syllables |
front 8 Denotative | back 8 Dictionary definition |
front 9 Connotative | back 9 Feeling or emotion that a word evokes |
front 10 Cacophonous | back 10 A harsh mixture of sounds |
front 11 Euphonious | back 11 Pleasant sounding |
front 12 Abstract | back 12 non tangible (emotions) ex: love |
front 13 Concrete | back 13 tangible ex: dog |
front 14 Artificial | back 14 False, non existent language |
front 15 Bombastic | back 15 pompous, ostentatious |
front 16 Cultured | back 16 Refined, finished |
front 17 Detached | back 17 cut-off or removed (aloof) |
front 18 Esoteric | back 18 Understood by a very few |
front 19 Euphemistic | back 19 Insincere, affected (to make something seem less unpleasant) |
front 20 Grotesque | back 20 Hideous, horrid |
front 21 Homespun | back 21 Folksy, rustic, homey |
front 22 Idiomatic | back 22 peculiar |
front 23 Insipid | back 23 uninteresting, dull |
front 24 Moralistic | back 24 righteous, puritanical |
front 25 Obtuse | back 25 dull-witted |
front 26 Pedantic | back 26 Bookish but in a "preachy" way |
front 27 Pretentious | back 27 snobbish, pompous |
front 28 Provincial | back 28 unpolished |
front 29 Scholarly | back 29 Intellectual, Academic |
front 30 Trite | back 30 Common, stereotypical (basic) |
front 31 Vulgar | back 31 indecent or tasteless |