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formal
following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way
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informal
having a relaxed, friendly, or unofficial style, manner, or nature
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ironic
satiric; unexpected
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loaded language
words that imply a value judgement, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious argument
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monosyllabic
having only one syllable
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nomenclature
naming system
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nostalgic
longing for the past
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onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents: BAM
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oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
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polysyllable
a word of more than three syllables
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pun
a play on words
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