Toastmasters International

Jurgens Pieterse (South Africa)
Words relating to communication and leadership programme of Toastmasters International
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  1. advanced
    situated ahead or going before
  2. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up, as at a meeting
  3. assignment
    an undertaking that you have been told to perform
  4. award
    give, especially as an honor
  5. banner
    long strip of cloth or paper for decoration or advertising
  6. certificate
    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
  7. chairperson
    the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
  8. club
    a formal association of people with similar interests
  9. communicator
    a person who communicates with others
  10. competition
    the act of contending with others for rewards or resources
  11. conference
    a prearranged meeting for consultation or discussion
  12. distinguished
    standing above others in character or attainment
  13. district
    a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
  14. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  15. entertaining
    agreeably diverting or amusing
  16. evaluation
    the act of ascertaining or judging the quality of
  17. evaluator
    an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
  18. facial expression
    a gesture executed with the facial muscles
  19. gavel
    a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
  20. gesture
    motion of hands or body to emphasize a thought or feeling
  21. governor
    the head of a state authority
  22. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  23. humourous
    characterized by the power to cause laughter
  24. impromptu
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  25. induction
    the act of bringing about something
  26. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  27. judge
    an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
  28. keynote
    the principal theme in a speech or literary work
  29. keynote speech
    a speech setting forth the keynote
  30. leadership
    the status of being in charge
  31. lectern
    desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text
  32. member
    one of the persons who compose a social group
  33. motion
    a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly
  34. motivational
    of or serving to provide incentive or stimulus to action
  35. nonverbal
    not using spoken or written language to communicate
  36. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  37. presentation
    a visual representation of something
  38. president
    the leader of a company or corporation
  39. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  40. propose
    present for consideration, examination, or criticism
  41. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
  42. roast
    subject to laughter or ridicule
  43. speaker
    someone who expresses in language
  44. stopwatch
    a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing
  45. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  46. timekeeper
    (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
  47. timing
    the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
  48. toast
    a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
  49. toastmaster
    the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet
  50. voice
    the sound made when a person speaks
  51. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  52. yield
    give or supply
  53. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
  54. encomiastic
    formally expressing praise
  55. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  56. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  57. limpid
    clear and bright
  58. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  59. locution
    a word or phrase that people use in particular situations
  60. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  61. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  62. nascent
    being born or beginning
  63. magniloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  64. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
Created on Thu Jan 10 09:06:42 EST 2013 (updated Thu May 22 09:37:59 EDT 2014)

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