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61 Cards in this Set
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Taciturn |
Silence/unresponsiveness
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Laconic
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Economy/brevity/meaningfulness
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Inarticulate
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Awkwardness/sputtering/incoherence
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Garrulous
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Rambling chatter
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Banal
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Unoriginal phraseology
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Verbos
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Wordiness/repetitiousness
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Voluble
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Fluency/rapidity
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Cogent
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Logic/clarity/persuasiveness
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Vociferous
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Noise
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Loquacious
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Talkativeness
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Tacel
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To be silence
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-ity
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Noun suffix
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-ness
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Noun suffix
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-ent
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Adjective suffix
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-ence, -ency
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Noun suffix
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Re-
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Again
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Loquor
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To speak
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Solus
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Alone
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-ist
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One who
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-ize
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Verb suffix
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Venter, ventris
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Belly
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-ic
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Adjective suffix
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-ous
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Adjective suffix
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Con-, col-, com-, cor-
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With, together
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-al
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Adjective suffix
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-ism
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Noun suffix
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Taciturnity
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Unwillingness to engage in conversation
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Tacitness
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State of being understood though not actually expressed
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Reticen
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Unwillingness to talk out of fear, shyness, reserve, etc
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Loquacity
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Talkativeness
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Soliloquy
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A speech to one self
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Ventriloquism
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Art of throwing ones voice
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Colloquialism
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Informal expression used in everyday conversation
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Circumlocution
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A method of talking indirectly or in a round about way
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Laconia
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Sparta
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E-, ex-
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Out
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Magnus
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Big
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Grandis
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Grand
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Verbum
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Word
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Volvo, volutus
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To roll
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Garrio
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To chatter
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Animus
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Mind
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-fy
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To make
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Opus
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Work
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Opero
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To work
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In-
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In
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Laconism
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Word or phrase packed with meaning
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Verbiage
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Wordiness
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Verbalize
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To put into words
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Verbal
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Words oral rather than written
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Verbatum
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Word for word
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Revolutionary
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Causing or resulting from radical change
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Grandiloquent
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Using flowssy, flowery, eloquent, or impressive phraseology
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Magnanimous
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Big hearted generous forgiving
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Auris
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Ear
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Avunculus
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Uncle
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Dorsum
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Back
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Vox, vocis
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Voice
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Somnus, sopor
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Sleep
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Ambulo
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To walk
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Per-
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To walk
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