The florid style is the reverse of the familiar.

The last is employed as an

unvarnished medium to convey ideas while the first is resorted to as a
spangled veil to conceal the want of them.
Table of Complex Words and their Familiar counterparts.
Complex Familiar Complex Familiar
Indisposed Ill Contribute Give
Monumental Big Reuest !s"
Terminate #nd #ndeavor Tr$
Witness %ee Categor$ Class
&urchase Bu$ %ummon Call
'tili(e 'se &revaricate )ie
Ma*orit$ Most Incarcerate +ail
Reside )ive Inaugurate %tart
&rocure Get Facilitate help
&roceed Go Inundate Flood
!ffluent Rich !lternative ,ther
!nticipate #xpect -esire Want
Feasible &ossible -esignate .ame
behold %ee
Tr$ to recogni(e this nurser$ rh$me.
Behold repeatedl$ the precipitate progress of that triad of
sightless rodents. 'nanimousl$/ the$ coursed apace on the
heels of the agriculturalists matrimonial consociate 0ho
summaril$ excised their caudal appendages.
Table of 1erbal -ead0oods and their Better 2alves
For the reason that Because
!t the present time .o0
tendered his resignation resigned
affixed his signature signed
told his listeners said
united in hol$ matrimon$ married
used for fuel purposes fuel
held a conference met
in the event that if
in the amount of for
emplo$ment on a part3time basis part3time 0or"
the negotiating process negotiations
celebrations of a festive character festivities
has an alcohol problem drin"s too much
)ist of redundancies
In the follo0ing examples/ the italici(ed 0ords are unnecessar$
4. advance prediction
5. fatal "illing
6. definite decision
7. other alternative
8. free gift
9. for a period of t0o 0ee"s
:. past histor$
;. dead bod$
<. final conclusion
)ist of vague 0ords culled from ne0spaper reports=
Traged$ >fire/ explosion/ dro0ning?
!ccident >collision/ a fall from a building/ slip?
,rgani(ation >@MC!/ %B,/ )iterati?
Ceremon$ >0edding/ mass/ a0ard?
)egal !ction >suit for damages/ criminal case?
-ocument >deed of sale/ record/ certificate/ treat$?
Communit$ >to0n/ barrio/ cit$?
1ague= 2is head 0as in*ured b$ a blunt instrument
&recise= 2is s"ull 0as fractured b$ a hammer.
1ague= ,fficers remove a gun from his clothing.
&recise= &olice too" a .65 caliber from his hip poc"et.
1ague= ! large number assembled for a meeting
&recise= %ome five hundred attended the meeting.
If ever$ crisis is an acute crisis/ if ever$ emergenc$ is a dire emergenc$/ if ever$ problem
is a serious problem/ then the 0hole idea of crisis/ dire and serious becomes devalued.
!n example of a heavil$ ad*ectival prose= The fiery stars twinkled brightly in the
pitch-black sky as the utterly exhausted plowman marched from the parched field
to his modest cottage.