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English
9th Grade
09/20/2007

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Term
bombastic
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adj. high sounding language with little meaning used to impress people
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eloquence
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noun. fluent or persuasive speech or writing
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laconic
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adj. expressing much in few words
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contemptuous
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adj. scornful, intolerant
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narcissistic
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adj. being obsessed with yourself and loving yourself, feeling superior
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colloquial
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adj. informal use of language, common everyday speech
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concise
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adj. expressing or covering much in few words (through speech or writing)
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brevity
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n. briefness
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banal
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adj. no originality, boring
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rhetorical
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adj. a question asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information
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