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SAT Vocab Dum 5
SAT Vocabulary for Dummies - Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bombastic | using high-sounding language, pompous |
| chatterbox | a person woh talks incessantly |
| declaim | to speak in a dramatic, pompous way |
| diatribe | a lengthy bitter, abusive, criticism |
| discursive | rambling, wandering from one topic to another |
| garrulous | talking too much |
| glib | speaking in a smooth, easy manner |
| grandiloquent | using pompous, bombastic, words |
| harangue | a loud, noisy, or scolding speech; a tirade |
| hector | to bully or browbeat |
| inaudible | not loud enough to hear |
| laconic | using few words, terse |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| mellifluous | sounding sweet and smooth, honeyed |
| pithy | concise, terse, and full of meaning |
| pontificate | to speak in a pompous or dogmatic way |
| prolix | wordy, long-winded |
| rail | to speak bitterly, to complain against |
| stentorian | very loud |
| succinct | clearly and briefly stated; terse |
| taciturn | not liking to talk, almost always silent |
| terse | brief, concise, succinct, free of superfluous words |
| verbose | wordy, long-winded |
| vociferous | loud, noisy, vehement |
| voluble | talkative |