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It will sometimes arrive to me to come up with a more-complicated-than-necessary way to say something. It might be a strange word line-up or simply an odd or rare word in the middle of a simple sentence.
When and if I realize what I'm doing I might try to explain things by resorting to the use of a dictionary definition. Unfortunately definitions for complicated words tend to contain more complicated words. Just to give a simple example:
inexorable - not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless
entreaty - an earnest request or petition; supplication; plea
earnest - marked by or showing deep sincerity or seriousness
Then if you need to make things really clear there might be simpler words in need of clarification as well:
relentless - unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting
unrelenting - having or exhibiting uncompromising determination; unyielding
supplication - to ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying
Some of these simple words then leading on to absolute monuments of advanced vocabulary:
unyielding - not giving way to pressure or persuasion; obdurate
obdurate - hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent
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I'll stop now although the game could easily go on. All definitions above extracted from various sections of The Free Dictionary.
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