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Words Relating to Unoriginal, Dull, Played Out
Words Relating to Speech
Words beginning
with
"C"
Words beginning
with
"A"
Words Relating to Lessening Pain, Tension, and/or Conflict
100
dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed
What is banal?
100
ex: His eloquence did not avail against the facts.
Write own sentence use the word "eloquence".
100
Using few words in speaking or writing
What is concise?
100
overbearing; proud; haughty
What is arrogant?
100
To make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage
What is mitigate?
200
ex: The article in this newspaper are full of cliche.
Use the word "cliche" make own sentence.
200
To wander off from the subject or topic spoken about
What is digress?
200
Colloquial
Sometimes a_______ word becomes standard in English usage.
200
Incorrect
(Correct/Incorrect) He is allay before someone's fighting.
200
Pacify
He tried to______the protesters with promises or reform.
300
Derivative
English is a__________language. It is made up of words that originated in many other languages.
300
spread out, not concise; wordy
What is diffuse?
300
ex: He is master of circumlocution, sometime I was understand what his saying.
Use the Word "circumlocution" write you own sentence.
300
To lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain
What is allay?
300
Assuage
Her parent's died, nothing can_________her grief.
400
ex: He did same thing year after year and found life vapid.
Use the word "vapid" make own sentence.
400
Using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others.
What is grandiloquent?
400
Correct
(Correct/Incorrect) He is contemptuous everything I did.
400
Ameliorate
The doctor prescribed a new ointment to________the rash on my legs.
400
To pacify; to subdue; to quiet down
What is quell?
500
Dull; commonplace
What is prosaic?
500
Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression
What is rhetorical?
500
Self-satisfied; smug
What is complacent?
500
Assuage
If you bake yourself in the sun, try aloe vera gel to_____the pain of sunburn.
500
To calm; to make peaceful; to restore to a tranquil state
What is pacify?