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23 Cards in this Set
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colloquial
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formal, decorous, prim
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diffuse
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abridged, brief, breviloquent
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digress
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proceed, progress, wend
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eloquence
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inarticulateness, taciturnity, lull
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garrulous
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untalkative, brusque, sententious
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grandiloquent
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unpretentious, modest, unobtrusive
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loquacious
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silent, laconic, hushed
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rant
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silence, suppress, extinguish
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rhetorical
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obvious, evident, preceivable
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verbose
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succinct, compact, compendiary
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voluble
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speechless, voiceless, mum
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brevity
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lengthiness, wordiness, loquacity
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concise
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rambling, redundant, verbose
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laconic
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loquacious, prolix, wordy
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pithy
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gabby, redundant, palaverous
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quiescent
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frenzied, frantic, frenetic
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reticent
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expansive, unreserved, garrulous
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succint
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dragging, prolonged, wearisome
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taciturn
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communicative, fluent, talkative
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terse
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prolonged, tedious, boring
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circumlocution
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directness, curtness, pithiness
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collaquial
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formal, decorous, prim
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diffuse
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abridged, brief, breviloquent
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