WORDS AND PHRASES FOR S SPECIFIC FIELD OF STUDY
"STAT"
What is JARGON
100
NOT HARMFUL OR OFFENSIVE
What is INNOCUOUS
100
DOUBTING THE TRUTH
What is SKEPTICAL
200
EXCLUDE FROM A GROUP
What is OSTRACIZE
200
A RECURRENT SYMBOL IN LITERATURE--RECURRING REPRESENTATION
What is ARCHTYPE
200
INCOMPLETE SENTENCE
"GAVE MANY REASONS"
What is FRAGMENT
200
SAYING EXPRESSING AN IDEA IN A CLEVER WAY
To be safe on the Fourth/Don't buy a fifth on the third."
What is EPIGRAM
200
HARD TO UNDERSTAND OR INTERPRET
What is INSCRUTABLE
300
MENTAL CALMNESS
What is EQUANIMITY
300
FANCIFUL EXPRESSION
EXTENDED METAPHOR
SURPRISING OR SHOCKING COMPARISON
"MARRIAGE IS LIKE A GETTING A ROOT CANAL."
What is CONCEIT
300
USE OF OLD OR OUTDATED LANGUAGE
What is ARCHAIC
300
TRY HARD TO DO OR ACHIEVE SOMETHING
What is ENDEAVOR
300
SPLENDID AND EXPENSIVE LOOKING
What is SUMPTIOUS
400
BASED ON WHAT ONE FEELS
INSTINCE
What is INTUITIVE
400
ROUNDABOUT OR INDIRECT WAY OF SPEAKING.
SYNONYM = EUPHEMISM
SAYING "HE PASSED ON" INSTEAD OF "HE DIED."
What is CIRCUMLOCUTION
400
EXPRESS THE SMAE IDEA WITH REPETITIVE USE OF PHRASES OR WORDS.
"SHOUT IT OUT LOUD."
"THIS IS LIKE DE JA VUE ALL OVER AGAIN.
What is TAUTOLOGY
400
GREAT ENERGY OR ENTHUSIASM
What is ZEAL
400
LACK OF POWER TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED EFFECT
What is INEFFICACY
500
IN BORN
NATURAL
What is INNATE
500
USE OF COMPONENTS IN A SENTENCE THAT ARE GRAMMATICALLY THE SAME.
"In the parade the Boy Scouts presented the colors, the band marched and the mayor rode in a convertible."
What is PARALLELISM
500
DEALING WITH ISSUES SENSIBLY AND REALIZTICALLY
What is PRAGMATISM
500
TENDENCY TO BEHAVE IN A CERTAIN WAY.
What is PROPENSITY
500
TWO SIMPLE SENTENCES JOINED TOGETHER BY A COMMA OR A CONJUNCTION.
"MARY WENT TO A MOVIE WHILE JOHN BOUGHT FOOD."