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SAT Vocab Dum 5
SAT Vocabulary for Dummies - Chapter 5
Question | Answer |
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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 |