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9 Cards in this Set
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Terse
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neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language
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Taciturn
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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
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Brevity
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shortness of time or duration; briefness
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Concise
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expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse
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Laconic
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using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
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Pithy
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brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible
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Quiescent
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being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless
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Reticent
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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved
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Succinct
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expressed in few words; concise; terse
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