In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.
Excessively lengthy speech
From the given options, ‘concision’ means minimizing words, ‘verbiage’ means extremely lengthy speech, ‘curt’ represents something rudely brief, and ‘succinct’ means something that has been shortly expressed. From the given options, ‘verbiage’ clearly makes the one-word substitute for the given question. $