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14 Cards in this Set
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declaim
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to speak loudly; to speak in a dramatic, pompous way
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discursive
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rambling; wandering from one topic to another
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garrulous
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talking too much
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grandiloquent
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using pompous, bombastic words
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hector
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a bully
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laconic
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terse; using few words
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pithy
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concise, terse, and full of meaning
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pontificate
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to speak in a pompous or dogmatic way
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prolix
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pro: big, much
lix: speech, talk wordy, long-winded |
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succint
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clearly and briefly stated; terse
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taciturn
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not liking to talk, almost always silent
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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
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