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2. Lesson #2: The Runaway Mouth
Words Relating to Speaking

3. CIRCUMLOCUTION
n. speaking in circles;
roundabout speech

4. CIRCUMLOCUTION
Is commonly called “beating around the bush.”

5. COLLOQUIAL
Adj. Pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational

6. Sometimes a colloquial expression becomes standard in English usage.

7. COLLOQUIAL

8. DIFFUSE
Adj. Spread out, not concise; wordy

9. DIFFUSE
The class discussion was so diffuse that few solid points were made.

10. DIGRESS
vb. To wander off from the subject or topic spoken about

11. DIGRESSION
The digression in Karl’s speech interested me more than the main point.

12. n. Artful ease with speaking; speech that can impact people’s feelings
ELOQUENCE
n. Artful ease with speaking; speech that can impact people’s feelings

13. ELOQUENT

14. Adj. Talkative; loquacious
GARRULOUS
Adj. Talkative; loquacious

15. GARRULOUS
GARRULOUS gatherings of students are unwelcome in the library!

16. GRANDILOQUENT
adj. Using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others

17. Mr. Green tries to impress students with his grandiloquence
instead of just telling them what they need to know.

18. LOQUACIOUS
Adj. Very talkative; liking to talk; See “garrulous”

19. Adj. Talkative; garrulous
LOQUACIOUS
Adj. Talkative; garrulous

20. PRATTLE
vb. To speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly

21. NO prattling!

22. RANT
Vb. To talk very loudly, even wildly

23. RANT
Vb. To talk very loudly, even wildly
RANTING!

24. RHETORICAL
Adj. Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; NEGATIVE connotation = insincere in expression

25. RHETORIC
The attorney’s forceful rhetoric convinced the jury to acquit the defendant.

26. VERBOSE
Adj. Using too many words; wordy; long-winded

27. VERBOSE
Verbose writing can be called “flabby.”
(colloquial)

28. VOLUBLE
Adj. Talking a great deal with ease;“glib” = negative version of
voluble

29. VOLUBLE
Mrs. Shivers is voluble. If you ask her a question, do not expect a succinct answer. You’ll get a detailed explanation.