Oct.19,2015-Lesson.3,9 Flashcards
eloquent
adj. well-spoken (articulate, fluent)
loquacious
adj. very talkative (garrulous, voluble)
circumlocution
n. evasive speech; talking around the subject (evasion)
colloquial
adj. conversational; using everyday language
grandiloquent
adj. speaking in a pompous manner (pontifical, portentous)
elocution
n. expressive delivery of public speech
garrulous
adj. talkative
pontificate
v. to speak pompously (claim, demonize, dogmatize)
verbose
adj. wordy (prolix, discursive, digressive)
verbatim
adv. word for word; in the exact word
ineffable
adj. unable to expressed in words
tangential
adj. only superficially relevant; off-topic (irrelevant, incidental)
tout
v. to promote or praise energetically (herald, acclaim, laud)
anecdote
n. a short and often humorous story
discursive
adj. straying from the topic (digressive)
transient
adj. fleeting; short-lived (ephemeral, evanescent, deciduous)
ephemeral
adj. short-lived
sporadic
adj. irregular or unpredictable; infrequent (episodic, intermittent)
capricious
adj. whimsical; impulsive (fickle, mercurial)
evanescent
adj. likely to vanish (transient)
extemporaneous
adj. done with little or no practice
anachronism
n. something our of place in time (archaism, incongruity)
transitory
adj. lasting ofr a short-time (transient)
expedite
v. to speed up (hasten)
