Vocabulary On My Mind

The captious student disliked the raconteur, because they seemed to prattle on about petty issues, and their speech lacked brevity, and their speech was nothing more than a din. The purpose of the raconteur's story was obscure , and seemed cryptic to many of the students listening. The raconteur was not very skilled in recounting the event, which made it easy for the students to debunk the story to find its true meaning.The event being described remained an enigma to the listeners after the speech was over.