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10 Cards in this Set
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Using too many words
( 8 ) |
Circumlocutory
Garrulous Longwinded Loquacious Periphrastic Prolix Verbose Voluble |
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Using too few words
(12 ) |
Abrupt
Concise Curt Laconic Mute Pithy Reserved Reticent Succinct Taciturn Terse Uncommunicative |
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Concerned with praise
(12 ) |
Acclaim
Accolade Commend Encomium Eulogize Extol Hail Laud Plaudit Revere Salute Worship |
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To say negative things about someone
( 16 ) |
Castigate
Censure Decry Defame Denigrate Denounce Deprecate Derogate Disparage Execrate Indict Malign Revile Slander Tirade Vilify |
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Taking Particular care over details, conscientious
( 8 ) |
Assiduous
Diligent Exacting Fastidious Meticulous Painstaking Punctilious Scrupulous |
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Superficial, not thorough, negligent
( 8 ) |
Cursory
Desultory Lackadaisical Lax Perfunctory Slipshod Slovenly Remiss |
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Skillful, Agile
( 8 ) |
Adept
Adroit Deft Dexterous Fluent Nimble Sprightly Virtuoso |
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Clumsy, Unskillful
( 7 ) |
Amateurish
Blundering Inept Labored Lummox Maladroit Ponderous |
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Shot-lived, Temporary
( 4 ) |
Ephemeral
Evanescent Fleeting Transient |
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Long-lasting
( 6 ) |
Abiding
Durable Eternal Enduring Everlasting Perennial |
