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SAT Voc 2
Mrs Hahn RWS Type
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Circumlocution | the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive |
| Colloquial | used in ordinary or familiar conversation not formal or liteary |
| Diffuse | spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people |
| Digress | leave the main subject temporarily in speech writing. |
| Eloquence | fluent or persuasive speaking or writing |
| garrulous | excessively talkative, especially on trival matters |
| grandiloquent | pompous or extravagant in language style or manner especially in a way that is intended to impress |
| loquacious | tending to talk a great deal talkative |
| prattle | talk a length in a foolish or inconsequential way |
| rant | speak or shout at length in a wild impassioned way |
| rhetorical | relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric |
| verbose | using or expressed in more words than are needed |
| voluble | speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently |