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Ms.Hahn RWS

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show a round about or indirect way of speaking the use of more words than necessary to express an idea  
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show characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing informal involving or using conversation  
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diffuse   show
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digress   show
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show the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness language or discourse  
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garrulous   show
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show speaking or expressed in a lofty style often to the point of being pompous or bombastic speaking with too much dignity or self importance  
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show talking or tending to talk much or freely talkative chattering babbling garrulous characterized by excessive talk wordy  
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prattle   show
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rant   show
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show used for belonging to or concerned with mere style or effect marked by or tending to use exaggerated language or bombast or relating to or concerned with rhetoric or the effective use of language.  
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show characterized by the use of many or too many words, wordy using or expressed in more words than are needed  
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volute   show
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