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SAT Voc 2
Mrs Hahn RWS
Term | Definition |
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Circumlocution | Speaking in circles; roundabout speech |
Colloquial | Pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational |
Diffuse | Spread out; not concise; wordy |
Digress | to wonder off from the subject of topic spoken about. |
Eloquence | artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people's feeling |
Garrulous | talkative; loquacious |
Grandiloquent | using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others |
Loquacious | very talkative; liking to talk |
Prattle | to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly |
Rant | to talk very loudly, even widely |
Rhetorical | relating to speech that is used to persuade of have some effect; insincere in expression |
Verbose | using too many words; wordy |
Voluble | talking a great deal with ease |