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Hot Words For SAT
Term | Definition |
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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 |