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SAT vocab 2

Mrs.Hahn Reading and Writing Strategies

TermDefinition
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.
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