Chapter 10 Flashcards
Laconic
Saying little, meaning a lots
Laconia–>concise
Inarticulate
When the words just don’t happen
Garrulous
Much talk, little sense, yes
Banal
Unoriginal
Verbose
They never shut up
Verbum–>word
Voluble
Very Rapid talkers
Volvo–>to roll
Cogent
Words that can convince
Cogo–>to compel
Vociferous
Talk loud, sound loud, much force
Loquacious
THEY TALKS A LOT
Loquor–>to speak
Tacit
Unspoken/unsaid
Taceo–>to be silent
Taceo
To be silent
Reticent
One who prefers to keep quiet
Taceo–>to be silent
Loquor
To speak
Soliloquy
A speech to ones self
Solus–>alones; loquor–>to speak
Ventriloquist
One who can “throw” his voice
Ventris–>belly; loquor–>to speak
Colloquial
Informal with less grammar speaks
Con; loquor–>to speak
Circumlocution
Expressing an idea indirectly
Circum–>around; loquor–>to speak
Laconia
Concise
Cogo
To drive, to force, to compel
Taciturn
Say little and listen little(Norman)
Taceo–>to be silent
Eloquent
Someone who speaks out emotionally
Ex–>out; loquor–> to speak
Magniloquent/grandiquolent
Uses big words
Magnus–>large; grandis–>grand; loquor–>to speak
Verbum
Word
Volvo
To roll
Garrio
To chatter
Verbiage
Excess use of words -or- style of using words