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Question 1

Theoretical, without reference to specifics

Answer 1

Abstract

Question 2

Contrary to logic, but sometimes artistically viable

Answer 2

Absurd

Question 3

Assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others

Answer 3

Affected

Question 4

Having two or more possible meanings

Answer 4

Ambiguous

Question 5

Inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts

Answer 5

Analytical

Question 6

Involving short narratives of interesting events

Answer 6

Anecdotal

Question 7

Resentful, enraged

Answer 7

Angry

Question 8

In the style of an earlier period

Answer 8

Archaic

Question 9

Stern, strict, frugal, unadomed

Answer 9

Austere

Question 10

Pointless and uninteresting

Answer 10

Banal

Question 11

Baroque

Answer 11

Elaborate, grotesque, and ornamental

Question 12

Bizarre

Answer 12

Unusually strange or odd

Question 13

Bland

Answer 13

Undisturbing, Unemotional, unintersting

Question 14

Bombastic

Answer 14

Pretentious and pompous

Question 15

Breezy

Answer 15

Quick-paced, but sometimes superficial

Question 16

Childish

Answer 16

Immature (Adults or Writing)

Question 17

Cinematic

Answer 17

Having the qualities of a motion picture

Question 18

Classical

Answer 18

Formal, enduring, and standard, adhering to certain traditional methods

Question 19

Colloquial

Answer 19

Characteristic of ordinary and informal conversation

Question 20

Comic

Answer 20

Humorous, funny, light

Question 21

Characterized by personal admissions of faults

Answer 21

Confessional

Question 22

Expressing contempt or disdain

Answer 22

Contemptuous

Question 23

persuasive, plausible

Answer 23

Convincing

Question 24

Very complicated or involved, qualifiers, phrases, clauses

Answer 24

Convoluted

Question 25

Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas

Answer 25

Crepuscular

Question 26

Tendency to believe all human behavior is due to self interest

Answer 26

Cynical

Question 27

Marked by decay in morals, values

Answer 27

Decadent

Question 28

Sad, gloomy, without any redeeming qualities

Answer 28

Depressing

Question 29

Disinterested, Unbiased, Emotionally disconnected

Answer 29

Detached

Question 30

Moving pointlessly from one subject to another

Answer 30

Discursive

Question 31

Having the characteristics of a dream

Answer 31

Dreamlike

Question 32

Realistic, coarse, rustic, unrefined, instinctive, animalize

Answer 32

Earthy

Question 33

Soft, delicate, unmanly

Answer 33

Effeminate

Question 34

Expressing sorrow or lamentation

Answer 34

Elegiac

Question 35

Much given to strong feelings

Answer 35

Emotional

Question 36

Involving letters

Answer 36

Epistolary

Question 37

Learned, scholarly

Answer 37

Erudite

Question 38

Involving formal praise in speech or writing(usually in honor of someone dead)

Answer 38

Eulogistic

Question 39

Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses

Answer 39

Evocative

Question 40

Stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature

Answer 40

Expressionistic

Question 41

Amusing, but light, unserious, frivolous

Answer 41

Facetious

Question 42

Humorous in a light way, comedy with high exaggeration

Answer 42

Farcical

Question 43

Everything that happens is destined and out of the hands of the individual

Answer 43

Fatalistic

Question 44

Conspicously bold or colorful

Answer 44

Flamboyant

Question 45

Flowing smoothly

Answer 45

Fluid

Question 46

Inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions

Answer 46

Iconoclastic

Question 47

Inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality

Answer 47

Impressionistic

Question 48

Unexpected turn of events, opposite of intent

Answer 48

Ironic

Question 49

Showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered

Answer 49

Irreverent

Question 50

Kind of language used in journalism

Answer 50

Journalistic

Question 51

Intense, spontaneous, musical

Answer 51

Lyrical

Question 52

Characteristics of melodrama where emotion and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow

Answer 52

Metaphorical

Question 53

Feeling or expressing grief

Answer 53

Mournful

Question 54

Ordinary or common in everyday matters

Answer 54

Mundane

Question 55

Representing things in art or liturarure as they appear in nature or actuality

Answer 55

Naturalistic

Question 56

Inclined to dwell on or long for things from the past

Answer 56

Nostalgic

Question 57

Not subjective, Uninfluenced by personal feelings, seeing things from the outside

Answer 57

Objective

Question 58

Indicating or threatening evil or danger indicate that a storm is coming like dark clouds

Answer 58

Ominous

Question 59

Satiracle imitation of something serious

Answer 59

Parody

Question 60

Able to get a person to do something or to agree with one by appeal of logic

Answer 60

Persuasive

Question 61

Interested in the study of basic truths of existence of reality

Answer 61

Philosophical

Question 62

Having or displaying a reverence for God and religion

Answer 62

Pious

Question 63

Displaying ones importance in an exaturated way

Answer 63

Pompous

Question 64

Simple and crude

Answer 64

Primitive

Question 65

Lewd and lustful thoughts

Answer 65

Prurient

Question 66

Human mind and human behavior

Answer 66

Psychological

Question 67

Strict or severe in matters of morality

Answer 67

Puritanical

Question 68

Inclined to represent things as they really are

Answer 68

Realistic