SAT vocabulary

Inarticulate

Unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly in words.

Example

"Overcome with grief, the witness was nearly inarticulate during her opening testimony."

Etymology

From Latin in- ('not') + articulatus ('jointed, distinct'), from articulus ('joint').

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