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24 Cards in this Set
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Brevity
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Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech
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Concise
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Brief but comprehensive
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Laconic
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Using very few words
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Pithy
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Concise and forcefully expressive
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Quiescent
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Causing no troubles, quiet
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Reticent
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Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings
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Succinct
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Briefly and clearly expressed
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Taciturn
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Saying little
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Terse
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Sparing of the use of words, almost to the point of being rude
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Bombastic
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High-sounding but with little meaning
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Circumlocution
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The use of many words where fewer would do
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Colloquial
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Used in ordinary or familiar conversation
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Diffuse
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Spread out, not concentrated
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Digress
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Leave the main subject temporarily in speech
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Eloquence
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Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing
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Garrulous
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Excessively talkative
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Grandiloquent
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Pompous or extravagant in language
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Loquacious
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Talkative
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Prattle
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Foolish or inconsequential talk
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Ramble
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To talk or write in a long-winded fashion
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Rant
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Speaking or shouting at length wildly, anger
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Rhetorical
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Concerned with rhetoric
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Verbose
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Using more words than are needed
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Voluble
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Speaking or spoken fluently
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