V1:3: Let's talk about it ( locu/loqu/circum/verb/e-/ex- out)

Question 0

Circumlocution, evasion, prevarication, equivocation, circumvention

Answer 0

Evasive speech; talking around the subject; excuses; avoid

The witness was evasive when asked to answer the question.

( circum- around + loqu talk )

Question 1

Eloquent, articulate, fluent

Answer 1

Well spoken

( e- out + loqu talk)

Inarticulate

Question 2

Colloquial

Answer 2

Conversational; using everyday language

co- together + loqu talk

Question 3

Grandiloquent, pontifical, portentous

Answer 3

Speaking in pompous manner; ( arrogant/ superior ) ;(ominous/warning/ threat )

Question 4

Pontificate, declaim, sermonize, dogmatize

Answer 4

To speak pompously ( pontifex high priest)

Question 5

Elocution

Answer 5

Expressive delivery of public speech

e- out + loqu talk + -tion noun

Question 6

Verbatim

Answer 6

Word 4 Word

I followed the recipe verbatim.

Question 7

Ineffable

Answer 7

Unable to expressed in words

Try as he might to express his love in a poem, his feelings seems ineffable

( in- not + effari utter )

Question 8

Tangential, irrelevant, incidental, immaterial

Answer 8

Off topic

Question 9

Tout, laud, herald, acclaim

Answer 9

Selling; promote /praising energetically

Question 10

Anecdote

Answer 10

A short and often humorous story; highlight

Question 11

Discursive, disgressive, desultory

Answer 11

Off topic

dis- away + cur course

Question 12

Loquacious, garrulous, voluble,

Answer 12

Very talkative

( loqu- talk + -ious full off )

Laconic, taciturn, reticent