1.3: Let's Talk About It Flashcards

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That guy never stops talking; now I understand why they call him “LOQUACIOUS Larry”!

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Very talkative
(Loqu- talk + -ious full of)
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She is an ELOQUENT spokeswoman for animal rights; she conveys her ideas with great ease and fluidity.

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Well spoken
(E- out + loqu talk)
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The politician had perfected the art of CIRCUMLOCUTION; he knew exactly how to avoid answering direct questions.

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Evasive speech; talking around the subject
(Circum- around + loqu talk)
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I like professor Thompson because she is so COLLOQUIAL; yesterday she said my thesis idea was “really cool.”

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Conversational; using everyday language
(Co- together + loqu talk)
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His speech was pompous and GRANDILOQUENT; it seemed he was just trying to use as many big words as possible.

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Speaking in a pompous manner
(Grand- great + loqu talk + -ent adjective)
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James is adapt at ELOCUTION; his expressions and mannerisms add a new level of meaning to his words.

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Expressive delivery of public speech (e- out + loqu talk + -tion noun)
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Karl is always ready to talk about any subject, no matter how trivial, but at parties he is even more GARRULOUS.

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Talkative

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I followed the recipe VERBATIM.

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Word for word
(Verb- word)
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Try as he might to express his love in a poem, his feelings seemed INEFFABLE.

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Unable to be expressed in words (in- not + effari utter)

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The precious politically correct never miss an opportunity to PONTIFICATE on topics about which they have no clue.

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To speak pompously
(Pontifex high priest)
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Don’t go off on a tangent or get too VERBOSE.

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Wordy
(Verb- word + -ose full of)
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Students must be careful not to include irrelevant or purely TANGENTIAL material.

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Only superficially relevant; off-topic

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So why did Apple who always famously TOUTed the PowerPC platform make the switch to Intel architecture.

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To promote or praise energetically

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The book had many ANECDOTEs of the interesting people who have sailed Sunbeams.

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A short and often humorous story

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The style is highly DISCURSIVE, leap-frogging forward and backward across decades, without ever sacrificing thrust or clarity.

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Straying from the topic
(Dis- away + curs course)
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