Words from the book "Hot Words for the SAT" by Linda Carnevale, M.A.
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| 433378190 | brevity | briefness or conciseness in speech or writing | |
| 433378191 | concise | using few words in speaking or writing | |
| 433378192 | laconic | using few words in speech | |
| 433378193 | pithy | brief and full of meaning and substance; concise | |
| 433378194 | quiescent | quiet; still; inactive | |
| 433378195 | reticent | not talking much; reserved | |
| 433378196 | succinct | clearly and briefly stated; concise | |
| 433378197 | taciturn | silent; sparing of words; close-mouthed | |
| 433378198 | terse | using only the words that are needed to make the point; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness | |
| 597609731 | bombastic | using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others | |
| 597609732 | circumlocution | speaking in circles; roundabout speech | |
| 597609733 | colloquial | pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational | |
| 597609734 | diffuse | spread out, not concise; wordy | |
| 597609735 | digress | to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about | |
| 597609736 | eloquence | artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people's feelings | |
| 597609737 | garrulous | talkative; loquacious | |
| 597609738 | grandiloquent | using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others | |
| 597609739 | loquacious | very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous | |
| 597609740 | prattle | to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly | |
| 597609741 | ramble | to talk on and on pointlessly without clear direction | |
| 597609742 | rant | to talk very loudly, even wildly; rave | |
| 597609743 | rhetorical | relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression | |
| 597609744 | verbose | using too many words; wordy; long-winded | |
| 597609745 | voluble | talking a great deal with ease; glib |
