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KEY: 1–g, 2–i, 3–a, 4–j, 5–h, 6–b, 7–d, 8–c, 9–f, 10–e, 11–k

Can you work with the words? (II)

1. laconism a. word for word

2. verbiage b. to put into words

c. causing, or resulting from, radical change;
3. verbalize
new and totally different

d. resulting or developing gradually from
4. verbal
(something)

5. verbatim e. expressive; emotionally moving

f. pithiness or economy of expression; word
6. revolutionary
or phrase packed with meaning

7. evolutionary g. big-hearted; generous, forgiving

h. referring or pertaining to, or involving,
8. grandiloquent
words; oral, rather than written

i. using flossy, flowery, elegant, or
9. eloquent
impressive phraseology

j. wordiness; style or manner of using words;
10. magnanimous
type of words