Vocabular Avansat pentru GRE - Sfera culturală și arte

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

estetic

dating back to the ancient past

arhaic

including a wide range of people with different nationalities and cultures

cosmopolit

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

elegiac

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

fecund

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

grandilocvent

displaying simplicity, immaturity, or inexperience

jejun

extremely sorrowful and serious

lugubru

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

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

filistin

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

greoi

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

banal

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

zgomote puternice, neplăcute create de cuvintele scrise pentru a descrie haosul

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

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

exagerare

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

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

pamflet

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

malapropism

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

palimpsest

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

preambul

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

prolog

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

recapitulare

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

discurs lung şi plicticos

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

expurga

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

confunda