1.3: Let's Talk About It Flashcards
That guy never stops talking; now I understand why they call him “LOQUACIOUS Larry”!
Very talkative
(Loqu- talk + -ious full of)
L
She is an ELOQUENT spokeswoman for animal rights; she conveys her ideas with great ease and fluidity.
Well spoken
(E- out + loqu talk)
E
The politician had perfected the art of CIRCUMLOCUTION; he knew exactly how to avoid answering direct questions.
Evasive speech; talking around the subject
(Circum- around + loqu talk)
C
I like professor Thompson because she is so COLLOQUIAL; yesterday she said my thesis idea was “really cool.”
Conversational; using everyday language
(Co- together + loqu talk)
C
His speech was pompous and GRANDILOQUENT; it seemed he was just trying to use as many big words as possible.
Speaking in a pompous manner
(Grand- great + loqu talk + -ent adjective)
G
James is adapt at ELOCUTION; his expressions and mannerisms add a new level of meaning to his words.
Expressive delivery of public speech (e- out + loqu talk + -tion noun)
E
Karl is always ready to talk about any subject, no matter how trivial, but at parties he is even more GARRULOUS.
Talkative
G
I followed the recipe VERBATIM.
Word for word
(Verb- word)
V
Try as he might to express his love in a poem, his feelings seemed INEFFABLE.
Unable to be expressed in words (in- not + effari utter)
I
The precious politically correct never miss an opportunity to PONTIFICATE on topics about which they have no clue.
To speak pompously
(Pontifex high priest)
P
Don’t go off on a tangent or get too VERBOSE.
Wordy
(Verb- word + -ose full of)
V
Students must be careful not to include irrelevant or purely TANGENTIAL material.
Only superficially relevant; off-topic
T
So why did Apple who always famously TOUTed the PowerPC platform make the switch to Intel architecture.
To promote or praise energetically
T
The book had many ANECDOTEs of the interesting people who have sailed Sunbeams.
A short and often humorous story
A
The style is highly DISCURSIVE, leap-frogging forward and backward across decades, without ever sacrificing thrust or clarity.
Straying from the topic
(Dis- away + curs course)
D
