| A | B |
|---|
| Flack | a press agent or publicist |
| Tout | to celebrate or sing the praises of something |
| Pretentious | characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved |
| Craft | to constract or shape |
| Preen | to pride (oneself) on an achievement, personal quality, etc |
| Cadence | rhythm |
| Plethora | large variety |
| Lexical | relating to vocabulary |
| Gargantuan | huge |
| Proxy | replacement or stand-in |
| Parameter | constraint or boundary |
| Obfuscate | to confuse or disguise |
| Mellifluous | sweet-sounding (etymology: “flowing with honey”) |
| Correlation | connection, link, relationship |
| Pithy | succinct and concise |
| Incisive | penetratingly insightful |
| Didacticism | self-righteously lecturing |
| Portentous | fateful or significant |
| lucid | clear straightforward |
| Syntactical | relating to sentence structure |
| Concision | brevity |
| Compound sentence | a sentence containing two independent clauses |
| Colloquial | casual, slangy language |
| Parody | a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing |
| Deadpan | showing no expression (often utilized in comic delivery); marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment |
| Oxymoron | a short, seemingly contradictory expression (“sweet sorrow”) |
| Reductio ad absurdum | Reduction to an absurdity; Disproof of a proposition by showing that it leads to absurd or untenable conclusions. |
| Homage | respect or deference |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration |
| Compression | the condensing of language to its most essential elements or images |
