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| Theoretical, without reference to specifics |
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| Contrary to logic, but sometimes artistically viable |
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| Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others |
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| Having two or more possible meanings |
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| Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts |
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| Involving short narratives of interesting events |
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| In the style of an earlier period |
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| Stern, strict, frugal, unadorned |
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| Pointless and uninteresting |
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| Elaborate, grotesque, and ornamental |
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| Undisturbing, unemotional, and uniteresting |
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| Quick-paced, but sometimes superficial |
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| Immature (when applied to adults or to writing) |
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| Having the qualities of a motion picture |
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| Formal, enduring, and standard, adhering to certain traditional methods |
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| Characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation |
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| Using very few words to express a great deal |
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| Characterized by personal admissions of faults |
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| Expressing contempt or distain |
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| Persuasive, believable, plausible |
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| Very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers, phrases, and clauses) |
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| Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience) |
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| A tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic |
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| Marked by a decay in morals, values, and artistic standards |
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| Sad, gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy) |
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| Disinterested, unbiased, emotionally disconnected |
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| Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling |
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| Having the characteristics of a dream |
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| Realistic, rustic, coarse, unrefined, instinctive, animalize |
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| Expressing sorrow or lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem) |
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| Much given to strong feelings |
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| Involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually in honor of someone dead |
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| Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses |
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| Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature |
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| Amusing, but light, unserious, frivolous |
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| Humorous in a light way, comedy with high exaggeration |
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| Believing that everything that happens is destined and, therefore, out of the hands of the individual |
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| Conspicuously bold or colorful |
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| Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions |
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| Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality |
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| Characterized by an unexpected turn of events, often the opposite of what was intended |
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| Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered |
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| Characterized by the kind of language used in journalism |
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| Intense, spontaneous, musical |
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| Having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow |
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| Feeling or expressing grief |
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| Ordinary or common, as in everyday matters |
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| Tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality |
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| Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental |
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| Uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside, not subjectively |
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| Indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming |
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| A satirical imitation of something serious, such as a comic takeoff of Romeo and Juliet |
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| Able to get a person to do something or agree with one by appeal to reason or other convincing devices |
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| Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality |
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| Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively, when the display is excessive and overly righteous |
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| Having the qualities of poetry, such as pleasing rhythms or images |
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| Displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in comic characters |
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| Simple and crude (primitivism in the arts tries to make use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude) |
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| Preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts |
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| Having to do with the human mind and human behavior |
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| Strict or severe in matters of morality |
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| Inclined to represent things the way they are |
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| Characterized by certain patterns, beats, or accents |
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| Having feelings or thoughts of love, but when associated with nineteenth century literature or any such literature it suggests a style that emphasizes freedom of form, imagination, and emotion |
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| Mocking, taunting, bitter, scornful, sarcastic |
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| Using sarcasm and irony, often humorously to expose human folly |
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| Taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with such things, especially sexual pleasures |
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| Plain, harsh, completely; simple or bare, when applied to style, sometimes even bleak or grim |
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| Relying on one's own inner impressions, as opposed to being objective |
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| Stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths |
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| Effectively concise, brief |
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| Stale, worn out, as in trite expressions |
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| Sophisticated, socially polished |
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| Prudish, stuffy, and puritanical |
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| Inclined to be playful, humorous, or fanciful |
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| Using more words than necessary to say what you have to say |
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| Nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless talk, a hybrid language or dialect |
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| Crudely indecent; Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular |
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| Of, relating to , or characteristic of scholars or scholarship |
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| Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull |
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| Clearly expressed or delineated; definite |
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| Not publicly disclosed; confidential; intended for or understood by only a particular group |
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| The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning |
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| Not elaborate or complicated |
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| Being in accordance with exact meaning of a word or words |
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| simulated; not genuine or natural; man-made |
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| Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules |
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| The act of substituting a mild,indirect, or vague ter for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive |
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| Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious |
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| Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious |
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| Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality |
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| Based on or making use of figures of speec |
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| Difficult to understand; recondite; ambiguous |
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| Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner; outlandish, bizzare |
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| Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular |
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| containing or characterized by indirect references |
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| Distressed, perplexed, annoyed |
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| Held-back, deprived, checked |
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| Astute and pertinent; relevant; intense, moving, stimulating |
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| Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent; origanal |
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| Frivolous and lighthearted |
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| Tending to provoke or stimulate |
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| Resulting from or colored by emotion rather than reason |
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| To deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner |
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| Filled with or motivated by zeal; fervent |
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| Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward; impartial |
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| Inclined to teach or moralize excessively |
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| A satirical imitation or burlesque of the heroic manner or style |
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| Reserved in manner; timid |
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| Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
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| Good-humored, playful conversation |
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| Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert |
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| To treat in a condescending manner |
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| Playfully jocular; humorous |
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| Very objective and devoid of emotion; analytical |
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| Arousing passion or strong emotion, especially anger, belligerence, or desire |
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| Characterized by or suggestive of doing good; organized for the benefit of charity |
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| A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty |
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| Negative or pessimistic, as from world-weariness; Expressing jaded or scornful skepticism |
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| Penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression |
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| Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy profuse, overflowing |
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| Not partial or biased; unprejudiced |
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| Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent |
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| Involving or likely to cause contention; controversial |
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| Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant, disrespectful, rude, impertinent |
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| Language peculiar to a group; argot or jargon |
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| Peculiar to or characteristic of a given language |
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| A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training |
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| Strikingly expressive or vivid |
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| Simple and homely; unpretentious |
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| Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered |
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| Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed |
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| Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague |
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