SAT Vocab

brevity

briefness in speech or writing
laconic

using few words in speech
pithy

brief and full of meaning
quiescent

quiet, still
succinct

concise
taciturn

silent
terse

using only words that are needed to make the point, (rudeness)
bombastic

using language in a pompous showy way
circumlocution

roundabout speach
colloquial

pertaining to common everyday speech
diffuse

spread out
eloquence

artful ease with speaking
garrulous

talkative
grandiloquent

using big fancy words to impress others
loquacious

very talkative
prattle

to talk foolishly (on and on)
voluble

talking a great deal with ease
verbose

using to many words

Author

julzpoolz

ID

128299

Card Set

SAT Vocab

Description

SAT vocabulary

Updated

2012-01-17T01:29:51Z

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