overblown/wordy Flashcards by Khristina Ipapo | Brainscape

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circumlocution

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use alot of words to express an idea

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bombastic

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pompous

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garrulous

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talkative

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grandiloquent

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bombastic in language

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loquacious

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wordy; talkative

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periphrastic

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to use longer phrases instead of a shorter one

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prolix

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excess of words

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rhetoric

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effective use of writing and language

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turgid

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swollen; bombastic

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verbose

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wordy

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