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Lesson 2 speaking
SAT Hot Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | n. speaking in circles; roundabout speech (adj: circumlocutory) |
| colloquial | adj. pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational |
| diffuse | adj. spread out, not concise; wordy |
| digress | vb. to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about |
| eloquence | n. artful ease with speaking; speech that can impact people’s feelings (adj: eloquent) |
| garrulous | adj. talkative; loquacious |
| grandiloquent | adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others (n: grandiloquence) |
| loquacious | adj. very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous (n: loquaciousness) |
| prattle | vb. to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly |
| rant | vb. to talk very loudly, even wildly |
| rhetorical | adj. relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression (n: rhetoric) |
| verbose | adj. using too many words; wordy; long-winded (n: verbosity) |
| voluble | adj. talking a great deal with ease; glib (n: volubility) |
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