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Abstract

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theoretical, without reference to any specifics

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Absurd

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contrary to logic, but sometimes artistically viable

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Affected

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assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others

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Ambiguous

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having two or more possible meanings

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Analytical

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inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts

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Anecdotal

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involving short narratives of interesting events

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Archaic

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in the style of an earlier period

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Austere

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stern, strict, frugal, unadorned

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Banal

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pointless

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Baroque

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elaborate, grotesque, and ornamental

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Bizarre

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unusually strange or odd

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Bland

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undisturbing, unemotional, and uninteresting

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Bombastic

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pretentious and pompous

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Breezy

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quick-paced, but sometimes superficial

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Childish

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immature (when applied to adults or to writing)

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Cinematic

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having the qualities of a motion picture

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Classical

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

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Colloquial

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characteristics or ordinary and informal conversation

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Comic

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humorous, funny, light (there are many levels of comedy)

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Concise

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using very few words to express a great deal

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Confessional

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characterized by personal admissions of faults

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Contemptuous

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expressing contempt or disdain

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Convincing

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persuasive, believable, plausible

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Convoluted

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very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers, phrases, and clauses)

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Crepuscular
having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
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Cynical
a tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
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Decadent
marked by a decay in morals, values, and artistic standards
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Depressing
sad, gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)
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Detached
disinterested, unbiased, emotionally disconnected
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Discursive
moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
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Dreamlike
having the characteristics of a dream
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Earthy
realistic, rustic, coarse, unrefined, instinctive, animalize
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Effeminate
soft, delicate, unmanly
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Elegiac
expressing sorrow or lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)
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Epistolary
involving letters
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Erudite
learned; scholarly
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Eulogistic
involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually in honor of someone dead
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Evocative
having the ability to call forth memories or other responses
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Expressionistic
stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
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Facetious
amusing, but light, unserious, frivolous
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Fatalistic
believing that everything that happens is destined and, therefore, out of the hands of the individual
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Flamboyant
conspicuously bold or colorful
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Fluid
flowing smoothly
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Iconoclastic
inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
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Impressionistic
inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality
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Irreverent
showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered
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Journalistic
characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
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Lyrical
intense, spontaneous, musical
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Metaphorical
having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
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Mournful
feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief, such as elegies)
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Mundane
ordinary or common, as in everyday matters, ("His mind was filled with mundane matters.")
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Naturalistic
tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
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Nostalgic
Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental
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Objective
uninfluenced by personal feelings. Seeing things from the outside, not subjectively
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Ominous
indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that storm is coming
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Persuasive
able to get a person to do something or to agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
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Philosophical
Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality
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Pious
having or displaying a reverence for God and religion. Sometimes used pejoratively, when the display is excessive and overly righteous
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Poetical
having the qualities of poetry, such as pleasing rhythms or images
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Pompous
displaying ones importance in an exaggerated way. Sometimes this quality is found in comic characters
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Primitive
simple and crude. (Primitivism in the arts tries to make a use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude)
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Prurient
preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
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Psychological
having to do with the human mind and human behavior
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Puritanical
strict or severe in matters of morality
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Realistic
inclined to represent things as they really are
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Rhythmic
characterized by certain patterns, beats, or accents (as in dancing, music, poetry)
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Romantic
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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Stark
plain, harsh, completely (as in "stark raving mad.") simple or bare, when applied to style, sometimes even bleak or grim
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Subjective
relying on one's own inner impressions, as opposed to being objective
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Surrealistic
stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths
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Terse
effectively consise, brief
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Trite
stale, worn out, as in trite expressions
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Urbane
sophisticated, socially polished
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Victorian
prudish, stuffy, and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria's reign)
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Whimsical
inclined to be playful, or fanciful
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Wordy
using more words than necessary to say what you have to say

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