Sylvia’s and Rachel’s Presentation

Cacophonous

• Having a discordant sound

In the 1960s, conservative critics of rock and roll bashed the Beatles and called their music cacophonous and vulgar.

Casual• Informal language,

without importance

The way she walked into the meeting made it seem like it was just another casual day rather than preparing to meet the president.

Caustic

• Sarcastic, harsh.Person 1: The milk is

in the fridge…Person 2: Thank you

Dr. obvious!

Concrete

• To be literal, fact, without doubt.

If you can; touch it, hear it, smell it, taste it, and see it may not be a stone but its pretty concrete.

Connotative

A big beautiful house doesn’t always say “Welcome Home”.

Suggestive to a secondary in addition to the primary meaning.

Crisp

• Briskly decisive and matter-of-fact without hesitation or unnecessary detail

Of course a meal wouldn't be complete without a glass of deliciously crisp, dry white robola wine.

CurtThat dress doesn’t suit

you well, it makes you look wider.

Rude response, to be rude, harsh.

Denotative

To stand as a name or symbol for.

Divisive

• To separate, or cause disturbance.

Religion creates divisiveness.

Emotional• To have intense feeling. She bawled when

she found that the bump she ran over on the road was a squirrel.

Euphonious

• Pleasing to the ear. After a hard week of work a night downtown hearing the violinist work their magic was just what I needed.

Homespun• Simple and

unsophisticatedThe legs of his pants

appeared to be disproportionate when he stood straight.

Symbolic

• To represent something. Who would’ve known that not paying attention to the red octagon could cost you a weeks paycheck?

Simple

• To be plain. A plain t-shirt and faded old jeans was her way of life.

Figurative

• Metaphorical She is the head of the company.

Bombastic

• High sound but with little meaning

Her pompous attitude and her flamboyant sense of style made it clear that she was a force to be reckon with.

Abstruse

• Difficult to understand

At times poems contain complex language making it difficult to comprehend.

Grotesque

• Horrific, not appealing The chemicals that contaminated the water cause a lot of malformations to the newborn farm animals, some even had two heads.

Vulgar

• Lacking sophistication Tattoos nearly covered his arm, a scar crossed his face holding a story behind it, it was more than obvious that he was bad to the bone.

Scholarly

• To speak with intelligence.

The heir to the throne must have an utmost education showing their understanding of a cultured lifestyle.

Insipid

• To lack taste. She could have been the Cinderella from the story, by the dull way she carried herself showed that she was not that lively girl at the party.

Precise

• To be on point. If a measurement or angle in the blue print was off it could cause the building to collapse before even being finished.

Picturesque

• To give a vivid picture, describe a picture accurately.

• The 9/11 memorial at night is breath taking with the light shinning on the water making it glimmer as is pours over the walls.

Provincial

• Narrow minded, country side, lacking urban sophistication.

Her narrowed minded way of thinking and the lack of urban sophistication showed the provincial life she lived.