Dummies, Ch. 5, Speaking

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bombastic

Back 1

using high-sounding language, pompous

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chatterbox

Back 2

a person who talks incessantly

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declaim

Back 3

to speak in a dramatic, pompous way

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diatribe

Back 4

a lengthy bitter, abusive criticism

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discursive

Back 5

rambling, wandering from one topic to another

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garrulous

Back 6

talking too much

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glib

Back 7

speaking in a smooth, easy manner

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grandiloquent

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using pompous, bombastic words

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harangue

Back 9

a loud, noisy, or scolding speech; a tirade

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hector

Back 10

to bully or browbeat

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inaudible

Back 11

not loud enough to be heard

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laconic

Back 12

using few words, terse

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loquacious

Back 13

very talkative

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mellifluous

Back 14

sounding sweet and smooth, honeyed

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pithy

Back 15

concise, terse and full of meaning

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pontificate

Back 16

to speak in a pompous or dogmatic way

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prolix

Back 17

wordy, long-winded

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rail

Back 18

to speak bitterly, to complain against

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stentorian

Back 19

very loud

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succinct

Back 20

clearly and briefly stated; terse

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taciturn

Back 21

not liking to talk, almost always silent

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terse

Back 22

brief, concise, succint, free of superfluous words

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verbose

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wordy, long-winded

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vociferous

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loud, noisy, vehement

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voluble

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talkative