Words Relating to Speech
Words Beginning
with
"C"
Words Beginning
with
"A"
Words Beginning
with
"P"
Words Relating to Lessening Pain, Tension, and/or Conflict
100
Using few words in speech
What is Laconic?
100
using few words in speaking or writing
What is concise?
100
overbearing; proud; haughty
What is arrogant?
100
brief and full or meaning and substance; concise
What is pithy?
100
to make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage
What is mitigate?
200
Briefness or conciseness in speech or writing.
What is brevity?
200
self- satisfied; sumg
What is complacent?
200
to lessen pain or discomfort
What is alleviate?
200
to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly
What is prattle?
200
to make calm; to soothe
What is placate?
300
Speaking in circles; round about speech
What is Circumlocution?
300
lacking respect; scornful
What is contemptuous?
300
to make tranquil or quiet, especially by giving into another's demands; to pacify
What is appease?
300
too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds
What is presumptuous?
300
to pacify; to subdue; to quiet down
What is quell?
400
relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression
What is rhetorical?
400
idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse
What is cliche?
400
to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain
What is allay?
400
claiming or pretending increased importance; ostentatious; affectedly grand
What is pretentious?
400
to calm; to make peaceful; to restore to a tranquil state
What is pacify?
500
pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational.
What is colloquial?
500
to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods; reconcile
What is conciliate?
500
to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify
What is assuage?
500
quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original
What is platitude?
500
to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent
What is mollified?
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