Vocab Flashcards
Use of more words than necessary
Pleonasm
Tediously pompous, bombastic, more elaborate than justified / appropriate
Turgid
(Turgid prose)
/turdzid/
(Of a product) made or used as a substitute (typically an inferior one)
Ersatz (< DE replacement)
Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self indulgent
Sybaritic
- their opulent and sybaritic lifestyle
An essential condition; a thing which is absolutely necessary
Sine qua non
(Sini kwa non)
Without which not
Grammar and usage are the sine qua non of language teaching
Jargon or slang from a particular group or class
Argot
- teenage argot
(< FR unknown origin)
Use ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid commuting oneself
Equivocate
ME> use a word in more than one sense
Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.
Vacuous
A trite or unoriginal idea/remark intended to soothe or placate
Bromide
“Feel-good bromides create the illusion that of problem solving”
Bland or insipid intellectual fare, entertainment, pap
Pablum
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