Word Parts and Definitions

Vocab Week #2 LOQUI

Word Parts and Definitions 1. acious – abounding in 6. circum – around 2. col – together 7. grand – grand 3. inter – between 8. sol – alone 4. somn – sleep 9. loqu/i; loc – speak 5. ob – against

Words and Definitions and use each in a sentence. 1) Loquacious (adj) – talkative 2) Circumlocution (n) – roundabout expression 3) Colloquy (n) – a formal conference 4) Colloquial (adj) – informal in speech 5) Elocution (n) – art of public speaking 6) Grandiloquent (adj) – using lofty language; pompously eloquent 7) interlocution (n)– exchange of words; conversation 8) obloquy (n)– speaking against; defamatory language 9) soliloquy (n) – act of speaking to oneself (esp. in drama) 10) somniloquent (n/adj) – talking in one’s sleep