3
sesquipedalian
3
swollen(adjective, style, plain, words, wordy)
3
vocal(adjective, stirring, expressive, wordy, fluent)
2
artificial
2
baroque(adjective, rich, extravagant, elaborate, ornate)
2
big-sounding
2
contrived
2
elaborate(adjective, noble, rich, extravagant, loud)
2
for effect
2
nonliteral
2
oratory
2
outspoken(speech, stirring, expressive, fluent)
2
overdone(adjective, wordy, flowery)
2
rhetoric
2
rococo(adjective, extravagant, elaborate, ornate, baroque)
2
silver-tongued(adjective, stirring, expressive, wordy, fluent)
2
swelling
2
tortuous(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy)
2
tumescent(adjective, wordy, flowery)
2
unanswerable
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