Vocabulaire Avancé pour le GRE - Art et Culture

relating to the enjoyment or appreciation of beauty or art, especially visual art

esthétique

dating back to the ancient past

archaïque

including a wide range of people with different nationalities and cultures

cosmopolite

expressing or displaying the sadness and sorrow felt due to loss, death, or a past event

élégiaque

able to create many great intellectual or creative ideas, things, etc.

créatif, fécond

using literary, elaborate, or formal language or style with the intention to impress other people

grandiloquent

displaying simplicity, immaturity, or inexperience

immature, puéril, naïf, simpliste

extremely sorrowful and serious

lugubre

lacking elements that arouse interest, cause excitement, or show imagination

banal, convenu

not being interested, fond, or understanding of serious works of music, art, literature, etc.

béotien

possessing the quality of being very boring, slow, and serious, particularly used for speeches and writings

rébarbatif, rébarbative

(mainly of ideas, opinions, or remarks) used so often that it no longer has the same effect, interest, or originality

banal, galvaudé, rebattu

a literary device that uses a mixture of unpleasant, inharmonious, and harsh sounds to show disorder or chaos

cacophonie

a slow and constant increase in the loudness of a musical piece

crescendo

being an artificial, fake, or inferior substitute for something genuine or authentic

ersatz de

a technique used in speech and writing to exaggerate the extent of something

hyperbole

a song, musical piece, poem, etc. that expresses the feeling of sorrow and sadness after a loss or death

complainte

a drawing, speech, or text aiming to criticize something or someone in a humorous manner

satire

the humorous and incorrect use of a word that sounds similar to the intended word

faute de langage, impropriété de langage, pataquès

the constant lack of change and variety that is boring

monotonie

a manuscript that was written on, erased, and written on again and again, while the previous text was still partially visible

palimpseste

an introductory or preliminary section of a book, statute, document, etc. giving information about its purpose

préambule

the beginning section of a movie, book, play, etc. that introduces the work

prologue

the act of repeating the key points or parts of something in order to summarize it

récapitulation

a piece of writing or a speech that is long and boring

laïus, harangue, longue tirade

to delete the sections or words that are believed to be offensive or inappropriate from a play, movie, book, etc.

expurger, censurer

to bring ideas, texts, things, etc. together and create something new

combiner