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WorksheetsSummative Vocab: Ways People Talk
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
You meet someone at a party who talks on and on, sometimes about nothing.
The person is ___.
taciturn
garrulous
inarticulate
laconic
The word taciturn derives from which Latin root that means to be silent, loquor or taceo?
Write the correct root below. Spelling matters.
(a)
The parent asked their child about school, and the child hesitated to answer.
The student was ___ to engage in the conversation.
circumlocutory
tacit
grandiloquent
reticent
True or False?
A soliloquy is a dialogue.
True
False
True or False?
A tacit understanding is put into words.
True
False
The audience found the speaker annoying in their use of lofty vocabulary.
The speaker was ___.
colloquial
grandiloquent
laconic
eloquent
To evolve, or to move toward progress, derives from which Latin root, volvo or verbum?
Write the correct root below. Spelling matters.
(a)
Their classmate never engaged in a conversation with anyone in the class.
Their classmate was ___.
taciturn
laconic
inarticulate
voluble
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave speeches that many considered thoughtful and inspiring.
His speeches were ___.
grandiloquent
eloquent
circumlocutory
verbose
The word verbiage, meaning one's style of speaking, derives from which Latin root, volvo or verbum?
Write the correct root below. Spelling matters.
(a)
Angela Davis has much to say about the subject of social justice.
Angela is ___ about the subject.
vociferous
colloquial
voluble
banal
Is a verbal person usually inarticulate?
Yes
No
True of False?
An eloquent speaker is interesting to listen to.
True
False
The word loquacious, meaning talkative, derives from which Latin root, taceo or loquor?
Write the correct root below. Spelling matters.
(a)
The teacher's explanations are often wordy and hard to follow.
The teacher's explanations are ___.
laconic
grandiloquent
verbose
circumlocutory
The preacher used informal expressions that people understood.
The preacher used ___ expressions.
colloquial
eloquent
verbose
banal
Do intelligent people usually make cogent statements?
Yes
No
The student hadn't studied and could not explain themself well.
The student was ___.
voluble
laconic
cogent
inarticulate
The scientist used complex language to describe the process.
The scientist used complex ___.
tacitness
verbiage
colloquialism
soliloquies
True or False?
Circumlocutory speech is direct and forthright.
True
False
