perorate
Conclude oratorical address
To perorate is to speak at length, especially in a formal or pompous manner, or to deliver the concluding part of a speech.
The word often carries a faintly mocking tone, suggesting someone who goes on too long or too grandly: He perorated about the virtues of hard work while his audience checked their watches.
The noun peroration is the formal conclusion of an oration.
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
declaim · harangue · speechify · pontificate · bluster · filibuster · drone · expatiate
State main points briefly
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
- culminationHighest or final point
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- summationAdding to find total
recapitulation · sign-off · wind-up · capstone · climax · closure · denouement · epilogue
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
grandiloquent · declaim · harangue · speechify · pontificate · bluster · filibuster · drone · expatiate · soapbox
summarize
State main points briefly
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
- culminationHighest or final point
- finaleConcluding part of performance
summation · recapitulation · sign-off · wind-up · capstone · climax · closure · denouement · epilogue · adjournment
podium
Raised platform for speakers
audience · address · declamation · elocution · rhetoric · eloquence · speechmaking · dais · keynote · lecture