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SAT Voc 2
Mrs Hahn RWS Type
Term | Definition |
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Circumlocution | the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive |
Colloquial | used in ordinary or familiar conversation not formal or liteary |
Diffuse | spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people |
Digress | leave the main subject temporarily in speech writing. |
Eloquence | fluent or persuasive speaking or writing |
garrulous | excessively talkative, especially on trival matters |
grandiloquent | pompous or extravagant in language style or manner especially in a way that is intended to impress |
loquacious | tending to talk a great deal talkative |
prattle | talk a length in a foolish or inconsequential way |
rant | speak or shout at length in a wild impassioned way |
rhetorical | relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric |
verbose | using or expressed in more words than are needed |
voluble | speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently |