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Talkative.
*The loquacious host talked for hours about his adventures in Africa. |
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Characteristics of or suited to the spoken language or to informal writing.
*Teenagers use very colloquial language with each other, but when they talk to an adult, they use much more formal language.
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A laudatory speech or piece of writing.
*His touching eulogy for his deceased friend left all the mourners weeping. |
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Of or relating to language or linguistics.
*The publications database is a listing of books which are relevant to applied linguistics.
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A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character reveals his or her thoughts when alone.
*On stage she performed a soliloquy of her feelings. |
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A dramatic solioquy.
*A feature of the Tonight Show is a comedy monologue by the host. |
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Endowed with the power of speech.
*I've noticed lately that today's students are not very articulate. |
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Pompous speech or writing.
*The man continued in his bombast as people slowly stopped listening to him... |
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An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.
*As you can see the letter Lucy wrote to Bill contains much censure and no praise.
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Of, relating to, in accordance with, or of the nature of logic.
*Jamie could not find a logical solution to her trigonometry problem. |
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