Abrogate

Garner

Analyze
Hammer

Orchestrate
Terminate

Boast

Cultivate

Indoctrinate

Perpetuate
Undermine

Quip

Justify

Validate

able to express your thoughts,

arguments, and ideas clearly and
effectively

articulate adjective
-

a chatty writing style is friendly and

informal

circuitous adjective
-

taking a long time to say what you

really mean when you are talking or
writing

clean adjective
-

clean language or humor does not

offend people, especially because it
does not involve sex

conversational adjective
-

Whirl

Revive

a conversational style of writing or

speaking is informal, like a private
conversation

crisp speech or writing is clear and

effective

declamatory adjective
-

formal expressing feelings or opinions

with great force

diffuse adjective
-

formal using too many words and not

easy to understand

discursive adjective

Facilitate

Manipulate

Navigate

Sustain
Yodel

Synthesize
Zap

Zoom

including information that is not

relevant to the main subject

economical adjective
-

an economical way of speaking or

writing does not use more words than
are necessary

elliptical adjective
-

suggesting what you mean rather than

saying or writing it clearly

eloquent adjective
-

expressing what you mean using clear

and effective language

emphatic adjective
-

making your meaning very clear

because you have very strong feelings
about a situation or subject

emphatically adverb
-

very firmly and clearly

epigrammatic adjective
-

crisp adjective
-

Extrapolate

Withstand

articulate writing or speech is clear

and easy to understand

chatty adjective
-

Lecture

Replicate

articulate (adjective)
-

Delineate

expressing something such as a

feeling or idea in a short and clever or
funny way

epistolary adjective
-

literary relating to the writing of letters

euphemistic adjective
-

euphemistic expressions are used for

talking about unpleasant or
embarrassing subjects without
mentioning the things themselves

flowery adjective

flowery language or writing uses many

complicated words that are intended
to make it more attractive

learned adjective
-

fluent adjective
-

expressing yourself in a clear and

confident way, without seeming to
make an effort

libelous adjective
-

formal adjective
-

a gossipy letter is lively and full of

news about the writer of the letter and
about other people

grandiloquent adjective
-

formal expressed in extremely formal

language in order to impress people,
and often sounding silly because of
this

idiomatic adjective
-

expressing things in a way that sounds

natural

in adjective
-

using a particular type or style of

writing

inarticulate adjective
-

not able to express clearly what you

want to say

literary adjective
-

not spoken or pronounced clearly

incoherent adjective
-

used about language or behavior that

is appropriate for using with friends
but not in formal situations

journalistic adjective
-

similar in style to journalism

relating to the kind of words that are

used only in stories or poems, and not
in normal writing or speech

lyric adjective
-

using words to express feelings in the

way that a song would

lyrical adjective
-

having the qualities of music

ornate adjective
-

using unusual words and complicated

sentences

orotund adjective
-

very formal containing extremely

formal and complicated language
intended to impress people

parenthetical adjective
-

unable to express yourself clearly

informal adjective

involving books or the activity of

writing, reading, or studying books

literary adjective

inarticulate adjective
-

a piece of writing that is libelous

contains things about someone that
are not true

correct or conservative in style, and

appropriate for official or serious
situations or occasions

gossipy adjective
-

a learned piece of writing shows great

knowledge about a subject, especially
an academic subject

not directly connected with what you

are saying or writing

pejorative adjective
-

formal a pejorative word, phrase, etc.

expresses criticism or a bad opinion of
someone or something

picturesque adjective
-

picturesque language is unusual and

interesting

pithy adjective
-

a pithy statement or piece of writing is

short and very effective

poetic adjective
-

expressing ideas in a very sensitive

way and with great beauty or
imagination

polemical adjective
-

formal using or supported by strong

arguments

rhetorically adverb
-

rhetorically adverb
-

mainly literary ponderous writing or

speech is serious and boring

portentous adjective
-

formal trying to seem very serious and

important, in order to impress people

prolix adjective
-

very formal using too many words and

therefore boring

punchy adjective
-

a punchy piece of writing such as a

speech, report, or slogan is one that
has a strong effect because it uses
clear simple language and not many
words

rambling adjective
-

a rambling speech or piece of writing

is long and confusing

readable adjective
-

writing that is readable is clear and

able to be read

rhetorical adjective
-

relating to a style of speaking or

writing that is effective or intended to
influence people

rhetorical adjective
-

written or spoken in a way that is

impressive but is not honest

using or relating to rhetoric

rough adjective
-

a rough drawing or piece of writing is

not completely finished

roundly adverb
-

ponderous adjective

in a way that expects or wants no

answer

in a strong and clear way

sententious adjective
-

formal expressing opinions about right

and wrong behavior in a way that is
intended to impress people

sesquipedalian adjective
-

very formal using a lot of long words

that most people do not understand

Shakespearean adjective
-

using words in the way that is typical

of Shakespeares writing

slangy adjective
-

informal containing or using a lot of

slang

stylistic adjective
-

relating to ways of creating effects,

especially in language and literature

succinct adjective
-

expressed in a very short but clear

way

turgid adjective
-

using language in a way that is

complicated and difficult to
understand

unprintable adjective
-

used for describing writing or words

that you think are offensive

vague adjective

someone who is vague does not

clearly or fully explain something

vaguely adverb
-

in a way that is not clear

verbose adjective
-

formal using more words than

necessary, and therefore long and
boring

well-turned adjective
-

formal a well-turned phrase is one that

is expressed well

worded adjective
-

expressed in a particular way

wordy adjective
-

using more words than are necessary,

especially long or formal words

inarticulately adverb
incoherently adverb
lyrically adverb
parenthetically adverb
pejoratively adverb
pithily adverb
pleonastic adjective
ponderously adverb
portentously adverb
sensationalist adjective
sententiously adverb
stylistically adverb
succinctly adverb
be couched in something

articulately adverb

to be expressed a particular way

circuitously adverb

have something/a lot/nothing etc. to say for

yourself

circumlocutory adjective
conversationally adverb
eloquently adverb
euphemistically adverb
fluently adverb
idiomatically adverb

to be fairly/very/not at all willing to talk,

especially about yourself and your reasons
for doing something
with (your) tongue in (your) cheek
if you write or say something with tongue in
cheek, you intend it to be humorous and do
not mean it seriously