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turgid
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Senator Heffenhuffer's speech was characteristically turgid—

a.) he had a weakness for overblown rhetorical flourishes.

b.) he had a weakness for long-winded oratory.

c.) a man of few words, Heffenhuffer typically kept his speeches shorter than the Gettysburg address.

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