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Hot SAT Words:

Dive into Lesson #2 of our Hot SAT Words series, focusing on vocabulary related to speaking. This lesson highlights essential words such as "circumlocution," meaning to speak in circles or roundabout ways, and "eloquence," which refers to impactful speech. Learn about terms like "garrulous" and "grandiloquent," which describe excessive talkativeness and the use of fancy language, respectively. This lesson aims to enrich your communication skills and prepare you for the SAT, emphasizing clear and concise speech, avoiding digression, and mastering effective rhetoric.

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Hot SAT Words:

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  1. Hot SAT Words: Lessons # 1-10

  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. COLLOQUIAL 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 Thedigression in Karl’s speech interested me more than the main point.

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

  13. ELOQUENT

  14. 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. 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.

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