SAT Hot Words
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circumlocution | n. speaking in circles; roundabout speech (adj: circumlocutory)
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colloquial | adj. pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational
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diffuse | adj. spread out, not concise; wordy
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digress | vb. to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about
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eloquence | n. artful ease with speaking; speech that can impact people’s feelings (adj: eloquent)
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garrulous | adj. talkative; loquacious
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grandiloquent | adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others (n: grandiloquence)
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loquacious | adj. very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous (n: loquaciousness)
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prattle | vb. to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly
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rant | vb. to talk very loudly, even wildly
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rhetorical | adj. relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression (n: rhetoric)
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verbose | adj. using too many words; wordy; long-winded (n: verbosity)
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voluble | adj. talking a great deal with ease; glib (n: volubility)
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