Hot words for SAT Lesson 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bombastic | adj. using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others |
| Circumlocution | n. speaking in cirdles; round-about speech |
| Colloquial | adj. pertainig to common everyday speech; conversational |
| Diffuse | adj. spread out, not concise; wordy |
| Digress | vb. to wanger off from the suject or topic spoken about |
| Eloquence | n. artful ease with speaking; speech that can influece people's feelings |
| Gattulous | adj. talkative; loquacious |
| Grandiloquent | adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impreeing others |
| Loquacious | adj. very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous |
| Prattle | vb. to speak on and on in a senseless and silly man-ner; to talk foolishly |
| Ramble | vb. to talk on and on pointlessly, without clear direction |
| Rant | vb. to talk very loudly, even wildly; rave |
| Rhetorical | adj. relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression |
| Verbose | aj. using too many words; wory; long-winded |
| voluble | adj. talking a great deal with ease; glib |
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