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24 Cards in this Set
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Somnolent
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drowsy, sleepy
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Soporific
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inducing sleep, drowsy
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Colloquial
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characteristic of or appropriate to informal speech or writing
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Avuncular
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Of or like an uncle
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Laconic
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saying a little meaning a lot
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Evolve
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To develop or work out, achieve gradually.
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Verbose
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using more words than is necessary
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Vociferous
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noise, clamerous outcries
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Voluble
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marked by a ready flow of speach; fluent.
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Circumlocution
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The use of wordy and indirct language.
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Reticent
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Inclined to keep one's personal afffairs to oneself.
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Tacit
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Not spoken, implied or inferred.
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Verbiage
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#1 An excess of words for the purpose, wordiness.
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Loquacious
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very talkative
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Magnum Opus
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The greatest single work of a writer, srtist or composer.
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Inarticulate
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wanting to say it but can't express it
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Soliloquy
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Acting or speaking to oneself.
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Preamble
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Preliminary statement to a formal document explaining it's purpose.
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Cogent
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Forcefully convincing.
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Garrulous
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Tiresomely talkative, rambling.
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Taciturn
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Person who does not like to speak or listen.
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Banal
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Completely ordinary and commonplace.
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Ventriloquism
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The art of preojecting one's voice so it seems to be coming from another source.
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Eloquent
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Marked by fluent persuasive discourse, vividly or movingly expressive. (persuasive speaking)
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