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19 Cards in this Set
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Protract
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prolong
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CHRONIC
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lasting long time
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Ponderous
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so massive as to be clumsy or heavy; so long as to be dull (speeches; ideas)
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circumlocutoroy
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indirect, wordy, vague
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circuitous
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roundabout, rambling, indirect
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copious
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abundant, plentiful
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Augment
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to add; make bigger
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Augmentation
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an enlargement
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Profuse
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flowing; extravagant
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Profusion
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an excess, an abundance
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Brevity
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briefness
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Laconic
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use few words
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concise
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brief and to the point
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Curtail
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to shorten, to cut short
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Provisional
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conditional
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abridge
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shorten; condensed
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abridgement
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shortened or condensed
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perfunctory
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careless and without enthusiasm
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Terse
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using no unnecessary words, very succinct
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