Vocab Booster SAT Supplement Vocabulary: Words You Can Hear

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  1. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  2. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  3. gibber
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  4. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  5. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  6. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  7. accent
    special importance or significance
  8. aside
    on or to one side
  9. audible
    heard or perceptible by the ear
  10. aural
    of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
  11. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  12. drawl
    a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
  13. echo
    the repetition of a sound from reflection of the sound waves
  14. inflection
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
  15. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
  16. resound
    emit a noise
  17. reverberate
    ring or echo with sound
  18. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  19. accentuate
    stress or single out as important
  20. articulate
    express or state clearly
  21. assert
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  22. banter
    light teasing repartee
  23. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  24. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  25. communicate
    transfer to another
  26. convey
    transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
  27. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  28. discourse
    an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
  29. distribute
    give to several people
  30. drivel
    saliva spilling from the mouth
  31. elocution
    an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice
  32. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  33. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  34. enunciate
    express or state clearly
  35. evince
    give expression to
  36. exclaim
    utter aloud, often with surprise, horror, or joy
  37. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
  38. hail
    precipitation of ice pellets
  39. herald
    a person who announces important news
  40. impart
    bestow a quality on
  41. imply
    express or state indirectly
  42. inarticulate
    without or deprived of the use of speech or words
  43. insinuate
    suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
  44. liaison
    a means of communication between groups
  45. monologue
    a dramatic speech by a single actor
  46. mutter
    talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
  47. oration
    an instance of formal speaking
  48. orator
    a person who delivers a speech
  49. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  50. proclaim
    declare formally
  51. promulgate
    state or announce
  52. rant
    talk at length in a noisy, excited, or angry manner
  53. recount
    narrate or give a detailed account of
  54. salutation
    an acknowledgment or expression of good will
  55. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  56. speech
    communication by word of mouth
  57. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  58. utter
    without qualification
  59. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  60. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  61. clamor
    utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
  62. drone
    make a monotonous low dull sound
  63. racket
    a sports implement used to strike a ball in various games
  64. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  65. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  66. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  67. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  68. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  69. chorus
    actors who comment on the action in a classical Greek play
  70. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  71. dulcet
    pleasing to the ear
  72. euphony
    any pleasing and harmonious sounds
  73. harmonize
    bring into accord
  74. harmony
    compatibility in opinion and action
  75. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  76. melodious
    having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
  77. musical
    characterized by vocal or instrumental sound
  78. melody
    a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
  79. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  80. tempo
    the speed at which a composition is to be played
Created on Fri Jan 31 17:10:11 EST 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:02:25 EDT 2020)

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