Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning
A. Circumlocution
B. Verbatim
C. Ventriloquism
D. Pleonasm
Answer: Option D
Solution(By Examveda Team)
One word substitute is Pleonasm.Circumlocution: the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.
Verbatim: in exactly the same words as were used originally.
Ventriloquism: an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) changes his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere.
Pleonasm: the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning (e.g. see with one's eyes ), either as a fault of style or for emphasis.
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