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Brevity
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Shortness of duration. Abbreviation.
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Concise
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Marked by brevity of expression or statement
Free from all elaboration and superfluous detail Synonyms: CONCISE, TERSE, SUCCINCT, LACONIC, SUMMARY, PITHY, COMPENDIOUS |
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Laconic
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using or involving the use of a minimum of words
Synonyms: CONCISE |
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Pithy
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Having substance and point : tersely cogent
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Quiescent
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marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
Synonym: LATENT |
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Reticent
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Inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech
Synonms: RESERVED, TACIT, RELUCTANT, SILENT |
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Succinct
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Marked by compact precise expression without wasted words
Synonym:CONCISE |
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Taciturn
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Temperamentally disinclined to talk
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Terse
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Smoothly elegant ( POLISHED)
Devoid of superfluity: A terse summary SHORT, BRUSQUE, CONCISE |
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Timid
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Lacking in courage or self-confidence
Lacking in boldness or determination |
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Stoic
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One apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain
Not affected by or showing passion or feeling synonym: IMPASSIVE |
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Dogged
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1. To hunt, track, or follow like a hound
2. To worry as if by pursuit with dogs : PLAGUE <dogged by his past failures 3. To bother or pester persistently |
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Fetid
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having a heavy offensive smell
synonym: MALODOROUS |
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Gabby
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TALKATIVE, GARRULOUS
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Pliable
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1. Adjustable to varying conditions PLASTIC
2. Supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking 3. yielding readily to others : COMPLAISANT |
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Pious
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1. marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
2.sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular : RELIGIOUS 3. howing loyal reverence for a person or thing : DUTIFUL 4. marked by self-conscious virtue : VIRTUOUS |
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Reverence
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1. honor or respect felt or shown : DEFERENCE; especially : profound adoring awed respect (HONOR)
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Subservient
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useful in an inferior capacity : SUBORDINATE
synonyms SUBSERVIENT, SERVILE, SLAVISH, OBSEQUIOUS |
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Servile
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of or befitting a slave or a menial position
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Temperate
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1. marked by moderation: not extreme or excessive (MILD)
2. moderate in indulgence of appetite or desire 3. moderate in the use of alcoholic beverages 4. marked by an absence or avoidance of extravagance, violence, or extreme partisanship 5. having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
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Onerous
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1. having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages <an onerous contract>
2. involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : TROUBLESOME, ONEROUS, BURDENSOME, OPPRESSIVE, EXACTING |
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Trite
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Hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original
synonyms HACKNEYED, STEREOTYPED, THREADBARE |
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Contrite
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feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming : a contrite criminal
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Imp
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1. A small demon : FIEND
2. A mischievous child : URCHIN |
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Pesty
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1. an epidemic disease associated with high mortality; specifically : PLAGUE
2.one that pesters or annoys : NUISANCE |
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Jaunty
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sprightly in manner or appearance : LIVELY
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Disputant
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one that is engaged in a dispute
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Lax
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deficient in firmness : not stringent
not tense, firm, or rigid : SLACK synonym: NEGLIGENT |
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Martinet
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1. a strict disciplinarian
2. a person who stresses a rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods |
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Zesty
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having or characterized by zest : appealingly piquant or lively,exciting, piquancy, relish
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Lanky
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ungracefully tall and thin
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Stool
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a seat usually without back or arms supported by three or four legs or by a central
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Flabby
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lacking resilience or firmness (weak)
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Brittle
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easily cracked (peanut brittle)
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