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SAT Voc 2
Mrs. Hahn RWS
Term | Definition |
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Circumlocution | Speaking in circles, round about speech |
Colloquial | Pertaining to common, everyday speech, conversational |
Diffuse | Spread out, not concise, wordy |
Digress | To wander off the main subject or topic |
Eloquence | Artful ease with speaking, speech that can influence peoples feelings |
Garrulous | Very talkative loquaciuos |
Grandiloquent | Using big or fancy words to impress other |
loquacious | very talkative, like to talk garrulous |
Prattle | To speak on and on in a silly and senseless manner, to talk foolishly |
Rant | To talk very loudly, even wildly rare |
Rhetorical | Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect |
Verbose | Using to many words, wordy, long winded |
Volube | Talking a great deal with ease, glib |