If you know you have tendencies toward verbosity,avoid:

A) direct eye contact.
B) being empathetic.
C) talking too much.
D) reading nonverbal messages.

Verbosity means using more words than necessary, and therefore talking too much. To avoid being too verbose, it is best to avoid talking too much. Direct eye contact, being empathetic, and reading nonverbal messages are all important communication skills that are not related to verbosity.