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51slang — slang1 /slang/, n. 1. very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road. 2. (in English and some other languages) speech and …
52P200 — In neuroscience, the visual P200 or P2 is a waveform component or feature of the event related potential (ERP) measured at the human scalp. Like other potential changes measurable from the scalp, this effect is believed to reflect the post… …
53elevated — Synonyms and related words: Amtrak, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, L, Olympian, accelerated, aerial, affected, afflicted, aggrandized, airy, altitudinous, amplified, animated, apotheosized, ascending, aspiring, augmented, august, awesome, baggage train …
54lofty — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, Olympian, aerial, affected, aggrandized, airy, altitudinous, ambitious, analytic, analytical, apotheosized, aristocratic, arrogant, ascending, aspiring, august, awesome, beatified, bedizened,… …
55rhetorical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. oratorical, bombastic, eloquent; see verbose . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. expressive articulate, eloquent, fluent, persuasive, well said, *silver tongued. 2. grandiloquent magniloquent, bombastic, fustian,… …
56highfalutin — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, ambitious, arrogant, aureate, bedizened, big, big sounding, bombastic, classy, condescending, convoluted, declamatory, domineering, elevated, euphuistic, extravagant, fancy,… …
57pretentious — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Johnsonian, Marinistic, affected, ambitious, arrogant, artificial, arty, aureate, bedizened, big, big sounding, bombastic, chichi, classy, convoluted, declamatory, elaborate, elaborated,… …
58tall — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, a bit thick, a bit thin, a mile long, absurd, affected, altitudinous, bedizened, beyond belief, big, big sounding, bombastic, bumper, colossal, considerable, convoluted, declamatory, doubtable …
59Gerard Manley Hopkins — Born 28 July 1844(1844 07 28) Died 8 June 1889(1889 06 08) (aged 44) Dublin …
60The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …
