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Lit Vocab List 2
Term | Definition | Synonym | Antonym |
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Vitriolic | bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting | withering, acerbic, mordant | bland, saccharine, honeyed, sugary |
Erudite | well-read, profoundly, educated | scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | ignorant, uneducated, illiterate |
Brusque | abrupt, blunt, no formalities | curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough | gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic |
Dispassionate | impartial, calm, free from emotion | unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached | committed, engaged, partial, biased |
Recondite | exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding | esoteric, arcane, profound, abstruse | simple, uncomplicated |
Perceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding; capable of keen appreciation | insightful, discerning, observant | dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted |
Prosaic | dull, lacking in distinction and originality. Matter-of-fact, straight-forward; characteristic of prose, not poetry | common place, humdrum, literal, pedestrian | remarkable, distinctive, poetic, inspired |
Choleric | easily made angry | irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious | affable, genial, even-tempered |
Informal | having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner or nature; of or detonating a style of writing or conversational speech characterized by simple grammatical structures, familiar vocabulary and use of idioms | colloquial, vernacular, idiomatic | literary, official |
Blatant | noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense | flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud | inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty |
Winsome | charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) | winning, engaging, delightful, prepossesing | unattractive, repulsive, unappealing |
Provocative | tending to produce a strong feeling or a response, arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying | stimulating, arousing, vexing, galling | dull, insipid, bland, unstimulating |
Acrimonious | Stinging, bitter in temper or tone | biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish | gentle, warm. mild, friendly, cordial |
Provincial | pertaining to an outlying area; local, narrow, countrified in the sense of being backward of simple plain design that originated in the countryside, a person with a narrow point of view, a person from an outlaying area, a soldier from a province or colony | narrow-minded, parochial, insular, hiave | cosmopolitan, catholic, broad minded |
Bombastic | pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas. | inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious | unadorned, simple, plain, austere |
Jaded | wearied, worn out, dulled (in sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) | sated, surfeited, cloyed | unspoiled, uncloyed |