First 16

Question 1

abstruse

Answer 1

hard to understand

Question 2

artificial

Answer 2

made by human skill

Question 3

bombastic

Answer 3

high-sounding, inflated

Question 4

colloquial

Answer 4

characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation; informal

Question 5

concrete

Answer 5

constituting an actual thing or instance

Question 6

connotative

Answer 6

expression that suggests a secondary meaning along with the definitive meaning

Question 7

cultured

Answer 7

enlightened, refined

Question 8

detached

Answer 8

not attached, separated

Question 9

diatribe

Answer 9

bitter, sharply abusive denunciation or criticism

Question 10

eloquence

Answer 10

practice of using language with fluency, aptness

Question 11

emotional

Answer 11

pertaining to emotion or intense feelings

Question 12

esoteric

Answer 12

understood or meant for only the select few with special knowledge or interest

Question 13

euphemistic

Answer 13

the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt

Question 14

exact

Answer 14

strictly accurate or correct

Question 15

figurative

Answer 15

involving figures of speech, metaphors; not literal

Question 16

grotesque

Answer 16

odd in character or shape, bizarre, ugly