| A | B |
|---|
| taciturn | unwilling to engage in conversation |
| laconic | using few words packed with meaning |
| inarticulate | sputtering unintelligibly |
| garrulous | chattering meaninglessly |
| banal | trite, hackneyed, unoriginal |
| verbose | wordy |
| voluble | fluent and rapid |
| cogent | brilliantly compelling, persuasive |
| vociferous | noisy and loud |
| loquacious | talkative |
| reticence | unwillingness to talk, or disclose, out of fear or shyness |
| soliloquy | talking, or a speech, "to one's self" |
| ventriloquism | art of throwing one's voice |
| colloquialism | informal expression used in everyday conversation |
| circumlocution | talking around; method of talking indirectly |
| elequence | great, artistic, or emotional expressiveness |
| magniloquence | floweriness, pompousness |
| magnum opus | great artistic work; masterpiece |
| magnate | important or influential person, "big wheel" |
| revolution | "a rolling around," radical change, political upheaval |
| evolution | a gradual unfolding or development |
| cogency | persuasiveness through logic, keen-mindedness in reasoning |
| verbal | referring or pertaining to oral words rather than the written |
| verbiage | wordiness; style or manner of using words |
| grandiloquent | using flossy, flowery, elegant phraseology |
| verbatim | word for word |
| magnanimous | big-hearted; generous |
| ventral | referring to the front or the belly |
| dorsal | referring to the back side |
| somniferous | sleep-inducing |
| insomnious | unable to fall asleep |
| somnolent | drowsy |
| somnambulistic | pertaining to sleepwalking |
| ambulatory | able to walk, after being bedridden |
| articulate | verbal, vocal |
| ventricular, auricular | pertaining to one of the chambers of the heart |
| avuncular | like an uncle; kindly; protective |
| endorsement | support |
| perambulator | baby carriage |
| soporific | sleeping pill |
| preamble | introduction; premiminary occurance |
