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Hot Words For SAT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brevity | n. breifness or conciseness in speech or writing |
| concise | adj. using few words in speaking or writing |
| laconic | adj. using few words in speech |
| pithy | adj. brief and full of meaning and substance; concise |
| quiescent | adj. quiet; still; inactive |
| reticent | adj. not talking much; reserved |
| succinct | adj. clearly and breiefly stated; concise |
| taciturn | adj. silent, sparing of words; close-mouthed |
| terse | adj. using only the words that are needed to make the point; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness |
| bombastic | adj. using language in a pompous, showy way; spaeking to impress others |
| circumlocution | n. speaking in circles; round about speech |
| colloquial | adj. pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational |
| diffuse | adj. spread out, not concise; wordy |
| digress | vb. to wander off the subject or topic spoken about |
| eloquence | n. artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people's feelings |
| garrulous | adj. talkative; loquacious |
| grandiloquent | adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others |
| loquacious | adj. very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous |
| prattle | vb. to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly |
| ramble | vb. to talk on and on pointlessly, without clear direction |
| rant | vb. to talk very loudly, even wildly; rave |
| rhetorical | adj. relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect;insincere in expression |
| verbose | adj. using too many words; wordy; long-winded |
| voluble | adj. talking a great deal with ease; glib |