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45 Cards in this Set
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ventriloquism
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projecting ones voice as if it is coming from another source
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con-, col-, com-, cor-
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with, together
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eloquent
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Characterized by persuasive, powerful speech
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e-
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out
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magnus
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great
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preamble
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preliminary statement
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venter, ventris
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belly
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garrulous
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rambling
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laconic
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using few words
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taceo
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to be silent
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soporific
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inducing sleep
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verbose
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wordy
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voluble
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ready flow of speech
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auris
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ear
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soliloquy
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the act of speaking to self
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loquor
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speak
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solus
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alone
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somnus
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sleep
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animas, animus
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mind
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magnum opus
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the greatest single work of an artist, writer or composer
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loquacious
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excessive talking
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volvo, volutes
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to roll
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evolve
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to achieve gradually
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colloquial
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informal speech
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re-
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again
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inarticulate
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unable to speek with clarity
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verbiage
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excess use of words
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opero
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to work
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Laconia
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sparta
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tacit
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not spoken
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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taciturn
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silent
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vociferouus
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to make an outcry
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garrio
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to chatter
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avunculus
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uncle
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opus
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work
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-fy
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to make
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sopor
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sleep
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vox, vocis
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voice
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verbum
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word
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banal
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completely ordinary
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somnolent
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sleepy, drowsy
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reticent
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reluctant, unwilling
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cogent
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forcefully convincing
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circumlocution
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wordy indirect speech
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