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vocab lesson 3:
Sat words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| eloquent | well spoken |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| circumlocution | evasive speech talking around the subject |
| colloquial | conversational using everyday language |
| grandiloquent | speaking in a pompous manner |
| elocution | expressive delivery of public speech |
| garrulous | talkative |
| pontificate | to speak pompously |
| verbose | wordy |
| verbatim | word for word |
| ineffable | unable to be expressed in words |
| tangential | only superficially relevant off topic |
| tout | to promote or praise energetically |
| anecdote | a short and often humorous story |
| discursive | straying from the topic |
| locu, loqu | talk |
| verb | word |
| circum | around |
| e, ex | out |