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12/2/16 vocab
Term | Definition |
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bombastic | pompous or over blown in language; full of high sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
jaded | wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
vitriolic | bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting |
erudite | well-read, profoundly, educated |
brusque | abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
dispassionate | impartial, calm, free form emotion |
recondite | exceeding ordinary knowledge and undestanding |
perceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
prosatic | dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straight-forward; characteristic of prose, not poetry |
choleric | easily made angry |
informal | having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature; of or denoting a style of writing or conversational speech characterized by simple grammatical structures, familiar vocabulary, and use of idioms |
blatant | noisy in coarse offensive way; obvious or conspicuous especially in an unfavorable sense |
winsome | charming, attractive, pleasing (after suggesting a child like charm or innocence) |
provocative | tending to cause a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying |
acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
provincial | pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow, countrified in the sense of being backward ; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view, a person from an outlying area, a soldier from afar |