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SAT Voc 2

Mrs Hahn RWS

TermDefinition
circumlocution a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea
colloquial characters of or appropriate to or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing ; informal
diffuse to pour out and spread, as a fluid or scatter widely
digress to deviate or wander away from the main topic; to turn aside
eloquence the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness
garrulous excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner; wordy or diffuce
grandiolquent speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic
loquacious talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; characterized by excessive talk
prattle to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble
rant to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave
rhetorical marked by or tending to use exaggerated language; concerned with mere style or effect
verbose characterized by the use of many or too many words
voluble characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words, fluent glib; talkative
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