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2. magnate MAG′-nayt
3. magnum opus MAG′-nƏm Ō′-pƏs
4. verbatim vƏr-BAY′-tim
5. verbal VUR′-bƏl
6. verbalize VUR′-bƏ-līz′
7. verbiage VUR′-bee-Əj
8. revolve rƏ-VOLV′
9. revolution rev′-Ə-L ′-shƏn
10. revolutionary rev′-Ə-L ′-shƏ-nair′-ee
11. evolve Ə-VOLV′
12. evolution ev′-Ə-LOO′-shƏn
13. evolutionary ev′-Ə-L ′-shƏ-nair′-ee
Can you work with the words? (I)
a. floweriness, pompousness, or elegance in
1. laconicity
speech
2. eloquence b. incessant chatter with little meaning
3. magniloquence c. big wheel; important or influential person
4. verbosity d. great artistic work; masterpiece
e. a gradual unfolding or development; “a
5. volubility
rolling out”
f. “a rolling round”; radical change; political
6. garrulity
upheaval
7. magnum opus g. great economy in speech
8. magnate h. fluency, ease, and/or rapidity of speech
9. revolution i. great, artistic, or emotional expressiveness
10. evolution j. wordiness
k. persuasiveness through logic; keen-
11. cogency
mindedness in reasoning
