Presentation and Public Speaking Words

Vocabulary for stronger clarity, pacing, and audience engagement in spoken delivery.

This topic helps presenters move from rambling explanations to structured, memorable delivery.

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Spoken clarity framework

Clear speaking relies on signposting and repetition of key ideas.

  • Preview structure upfront.
  • Use transitions between ideas.
  • Close each section with one takeaway line.

Audience comprehension cues

Well-timed clarifying phrases reduce audience drop-off.

  • Use "in other words" for complexity.
  • Use "for example" before abstraction.
  • Use "to recap" before transitions.

Core Vocabulary In This Topic

first

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

Also: head, lead, low, front

next

Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

Also: direct, second, behind, intimate

therefore

Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.

Also: so, ∴, then, naturally

key point

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example

Something that is representative of all such things in a group.

Also: lead, case, stroke, standard

pause

Used immediately after a statement to indicate that there was no innuendo or homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation.

Also: break, point, check, drop

clarify
formalsupport

To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.

Also: light, clear, crack, show

summary

Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.

Also: cut, close, low, score

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