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44 Cards in this Set
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Evolve
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to develop or work out
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Soliloquy
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speech revealing your inner thoughts (sppech done for yourself)
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Garrulous
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gabbing ceaselessly and with little meaning
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Taciturn
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unwilling to engage in conversation
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Garrio
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to chatter
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Volvo,Volutes
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to roll
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Avunculus
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uncle
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Opero
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to work
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Somnolent
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drowsy, sleepy
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Con- Col- Com- Cor-
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with;together
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Loquacious
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excessive talking
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Soporific
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Inducing sleep
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Ventriloquism
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to turn in speech
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Venter,ventris
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belly
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Circumlocution
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round about speech
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Taceo
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to be silent
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Preamble
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a preliminary statement, esp to a formal document, explaining its purpose
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Auris
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ear
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Laconic
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using few words packed with meaning
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Magnum
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big
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Verbum
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word
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Eloquent
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forceful,persuasive speech
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Colloquial
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informal speech
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Laconia
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sparta
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Banal
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talking in hackneyed phraseology
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Inarticulate
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Sputtering unintelligibly
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Somnus
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sleep
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Opus
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work
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Voluble
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talking rapidly and fluently
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Solus
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alone
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e-
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out
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Reticent
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inclined to keep one's personal affairs to oneself
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Verbose
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wordy
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Loquor
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speak
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Vociferous
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noisy, loud
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Verbiage
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too many words
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Vox, Vocis
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voice
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Tacit
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not spoken
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cause to become; make
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Animas
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Mind
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Cogent
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forceful and convincing
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Avuncular
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of or like an uncle
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Magnum Opus
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The greatest single work of an artist, writer, or composer
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Re-
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again
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