Lesson 3: Let's Talk About It Flashcards by Jennifer Hu | Brainscape

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Eloquent

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Well spoken

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Loquacious

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Very talkative

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Circumlocution

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Evasive speech; talking around the subject

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Colloquial

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Conversational; using everyday language

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Grandiloquent

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Speaking in a pompous manner

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Elocution

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Expressive delivery of public speech

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Garrulous

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Talkative

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Pontificate

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To speak pompously

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Verbatim

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Word for word

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Ineffable

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Unable to be expressed in words

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Tangential

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Only superficially relevant; off topic

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Tout

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To promote or praise energetically

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Anecdote

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A short and often humorous story

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Discursive

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Straying from the topic

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