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LESSON 2 SPEAKING

  1. circumlocution
    speaking in circles; roundabout speech
  2. colloquial
    pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational
  3. diffuse
    spread out, not concise; wordy
  4. digress
    to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about
  5. eloquence
    artful ease with speaking; speech that can impact peoples feelings
  6. garrulous
    talking; loquacious
  7. grandiloquent
    using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others
  8. loquacious
    very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous
  9. prattle
    to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly
  10. rant
    to talk very loudly, even wildly
  11. rhetorical
    relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression
  12. verbose
    using too many words; wordly; long winded
  13. voluble
    talking a great deal with ease; glib
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saraphernelia
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Card Set
LESSON 2 SPEAKING
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SAT vocab words
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