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candid

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Completely honest, straightforward

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conjecture

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Inference; guesswork

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didactic

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Instructive

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effusive

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Showing excessive emotion; overflowing

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ephemism

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A mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term

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etrapolate

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To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

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incoherent

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Lacking cohesion or connection

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insinuate

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To introduce or communicate stealthily

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loquacious

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Very talkative

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lucid

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Easily understood; clear

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rhetoric

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The art of using language effectively and persuasively

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