SAT Vocab 2

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Some more SAT Test Prep Vocab Flashcards I made.
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Bombastic Using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others. Adjective "Luke's speech was so bombastic; was he speaking to communicate or simply to show off?"
Circumlocution Speaking in circles; roundabout speech. Noun "Circumlocution is commonly called beating around the bush."
Colloquial Pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational. Adjective "Two examples of colloquial greetings are "Hey, dude, how's it going?" and "What's up, man?"
Diffuse Spread out, not concise; wordy. Adjective "A diffuse argument won't convince the class to vote for me."
Digress To wander off from the subject or topic spoken about. Verb "Mr. Helms habitually digresses from the point of the lesson"
Eloquence Artful ease with speaking;speech that can influence people's feelings. Noun "Even the most eloquent graduation speeches are quickly forgotten"
Garrulous Talkative; loquacious. Adjective "Garrulous gatherings of students are unwelcome in a library that values silence."
Grandiloquent Using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others. Adjective "Instead of grandiloquence", cautioned the teacher, "use plain language"
Loquacious Very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous. Adjective "The loquacious audience grew quiet when the movie started"
Prattle To speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly. Verb "The prattle of freshman resounded through the cafeteria"
Ramble To talk on and on pointlessly, without clear direction. Verb "Rambling on and on, Harold lost his audience's attention; his listeners had no idea what he was talking about."
Rant To talk very loudly, even wildly; rave. Verb "Because the speaker ranted on and on, the audience stopped listening after a while."
Rhetorical Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression. Adjective "The speech of politicians is often thick with rhetoric."
Verbose Using too many words; wordy; long-winded. Adjective "The teacher asked Brenda to cut her verbose speech from 40 to 15 minutes."
Voluble Talking a great deal with ease; glib. Adjective "Victor is such a voluble speaker that it takes him a half hour to answer a simple question."
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