Vocab 5 Flashcards
Clamor
Noun clam = shout -or = state; quality; activity a. a loud outcry of discontent or protest; a hubbub. b. a loud, sustained noise.
Acclamation
Noun
ac(ad) = to, toward
clam = shout
-ation = state, condition, or quality of
a. a shout or salute of enthusiastic approval.
b. an oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval taken without formal ballot
Declaim
Verb
de = away, from
claim = to shout
b. to speak loudly and vehemently; inveigh.
c. to utter or recite a formal recitation with rhetorical effect.
Circumlocution
Noun
circum = around
locu = to speak
-tion =state, condition, or quality of:
a. the use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
b. evasion in speech or writing.
c. a roundabout expression.
Colloquy
Noun
col = with, together
loqu = to speak
-y = condition; state; quality
a. a conversation, especially a formal one.
b. a written dialogue.
Locution
Noun
locu = to speak
-tion = state, condition, or quality of
a. a particular word, phrase, or expression, especially one that is used by a particular person or group.
b. style of speaking; phraseology.
Loquacious
Adjective
loqu = to speak
-ious = having; having the qualities of; full of
a. very talkative; garrulous.
Proverbial
Adjective
pro = forth, forward
verb = word
-ial = of, relating to, or characterized by
a. of the nature of a proverb.
b. expressed in a proverb.
c. widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb; famous.
Verbatim
Adjective
verb = word
a. using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word
b. in exactly the same words; word for word
Verbose
Adjective
verb = word
-ose = possessing; having the characteristics of; full of
a. using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy; talkative
Incendiary
Adjective
incendi = to set on fire
-ary =of or relating to
a. causing or capable of causing fire.
b. of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded:
c. of or involving arson.
d. tending to inflame; inflammatory
Incense
Noun
incense = to set on fire
none
a. to cause to be extremely angry; infuriate.
Confluence
Noun
con = with, together
flu = flow
-ence = state or condition
a. flowing together of two or more streams.
b. the point of juncture of such streams.
c. the combined stream formed by this juncture.
d. a gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point
Flux
Noun
flux = to flow
a. a flow or flowing.
b. a continued flow; a flood.
c. the flowing in of the tide
Effluent
Adjective
ef(ex) = out
flu = to flow
-ent = being in a specified state or condition
a. flowing out or forth.
b. something that flows out or forth, especially:
a stream flowing out of a body of water
