technical terms for Language & Composition studies
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| mundane | 1. of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs. 2. common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative. | |
| obscure | 1. (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract. 2. (of language, style, a speaker, etc.) not expressing the meaning clearly or plainly. | |
| obtuse | 1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull. | |
| ordinary | 1. of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person. 2. plain or undistinguished: ordinary clothes. | |
| pedantic | 1. ostentatious (characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others) in one's learning. 2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching. | |
| picturesque | 1. (of writing, speech, etc.) strikingly graphic or vivid; creating detailed mental images: a picturesque description of the Brazilian jungle. | |
| plain | 1. free from ambiguity or evasion; candid; outspoken: the plain truth of the matter. 2. without special pretensions, superiority, elegance, etc.; ordinary: plain people. | |
| poetic | 1. possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature. | |
| pompous | 1. characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official. 2. ostentatiously lofty or high-flown: a pompous speech. | |
| precise | 1. definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions. 2. carefully distinct: precise articulation. | |
| pretentious | 1. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance. 2. making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious. | |
| provincial | 1. belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper. 2. having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial: a provincial point of view. | |
| scholarly | 1. of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits. 2. having the qualities of a scholar: a scholarly person. | |
| sensuous | 1. perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music. | |
| simple | 1. easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools. 2. not ornate or luxurious; unadorned: a simple gown. 3. Grammar. having only the head without modifying elements included: The simple subject of “The dappled pony gazed over the fence” is “pony.” 4. (of a verb tense) consisting of a main verb with no auxiliaries, as takes (simple present) or stood (simple past) (opposed to compound ). | |
| slangy | 1. of, of the nature of, or containing slang: a slangy expression. | |
| succinct | 1. expressed in few words; concise; terse. 2. characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity. | |
| symbolic | 1. serving as a symbol of something (often fol. by of). 2. of, pertaining to, or expressed by a symbol. | |
| trite | 1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter. 2. characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.: The commencement address was trite and endlessly long. | |
| verbose | 1. characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report. | |
| vulgar | characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation. 2. spoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally; vernacular: vulgar tongue. |
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