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SAT vocab 2
Mrs.Hahn Reading and Writing Strategies
Term | Definition |
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circumlocution | a roundabout or indirect way of speaking. |
colloquial | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing,informal. |
diffuse | characterized by great length or discursiveness in speech or writing. |
digress | to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing. |
eloquence | the pratice or art of using language with fluency and aptness. |
garrulous | excessively talkative in a rambling,roundabout manner,especially. |
grandiloquent | speaking or expressed in a lofty style,often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. |
loquacious | talking or tending to talk much or freely,talkative,chattering,babbling and garrulous. |
prattle | to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way,chatter,and babble. |
rant | to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently. |
rhetorcial | of,relating to,or concerned with rheotric, or the effective use of language. |
verbose | characterized by the use of many or too many words. |
voluble | characterized by a ready and continous flow of words,fluent,glib,and talkative. |