Vocab L18-21 Practice

using more words than are necessary:

• garrulous

• verbose

• palaver

• loquacious

idle chatter:

• palaver

• hedge

• mince

• loquacious

to not speak directly for fear of offending:

• reticent

• garrulous

• mince

• hedge

to not commit oneself fully verbally:

• palaver

• mince

• hedge

• reticent

quiet and reserved:

• reticent

• garrulous

• loquacious

• taciturn

a large supply of something desirable (i.e., horn of plenty):

• surfeit

• cornucopia

• plethora

• copious

too much of something (from the French "to overdo"):

• myriad

• multitude

• legion

• surfeit

large in number (as in Roman soldiers):

• glut

• myriad

• legion

• copious

an immense number:

• myriad

• glut

• surfeit

• legion

an excessive number of things:

• cornucopia

• plethora

• copious

• glut