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general
look, walk, sit, cry, throw, dog
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specific
gaze, stride, slump, weep, hurl, black labrador retreiver
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abstract
not material; representing a thought(isolation, love, despair)
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concrete
real or actual; specific, not general, things that you can put your hands on(pen, tree)
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monosyllabic
single syllable words
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polysyllabic
more than one syllable in the words
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denotative
dictionary meaning of a word
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connotative
emotional or associative meaning connected to the word(figurative)
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cacophonous
harsh sounding words
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euphonious
pleasant sounding words
