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Chapter 10 Flashcards

1
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Laconic

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Saying little meaning much

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Inarticulate

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When the words won’t come

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Garrulous

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Talks a lot little sense

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Banal

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Cliche, unoriginal

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Verbose

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Talks a lot

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Voluable

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Rapid and fluent

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Cogent

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Convincing

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Vociferous

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Loud noisy furious

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Loquacious

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Talk a lot not badly. Just a lot

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Taceo

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To be silent

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Tacit

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Unsaid, better left unsaid

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12
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Re-

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Again

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13
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Reticent

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Someone who prefers to stay quiet

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14
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Loquor

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To speak

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15
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Soliloquy

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Speech to ones self

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Solus

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Alone

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17
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Ventriloquist

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One who can throw the voice

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18
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Venter, ventis

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Belly

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19
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Colloquial

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Informal conversation

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20
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Circumlocution

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Talking around, express an idea indirectly or roundaboutly

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21
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Circum-

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Around

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22
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Laconia

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Sparta

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Laconic

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Concise, curt

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Laconism

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An expression that is short and concise

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Cogent

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Admiration

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Cogency

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Ability to be logical, to think clearly, keen mind

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Cogo

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To drive together, to compel

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Eloquent

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Speaks out, expressive, artistic in arguing

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Magniloquent, grandiloquent

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Grandiose or pompous language

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30
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Magnus

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Large

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31
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Grandis

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Grand

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32
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Verbum

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Word

33
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Volvo, volutus

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To roll

34
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Garrio

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To chatter

35
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Magnanimous

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Big hearted

36
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Animus

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Mind

37
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Magnate

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Person of great power

38
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Magnificent

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To make larger or better

39
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Magnify

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To make larger

40
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Magnitude

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To act large

41
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Magnum

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Large bottle, two fifths of a gallon

42
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Magnum opus

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Greatest work

43
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Opus

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Work

44
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Opero

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To work

45
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Verbatim

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Word for word

46
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Verbal

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Oral or spoken

47
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Verbiage

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Excess of words, style of words

48
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Revolve

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To roll again

49
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Revolution

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Radical change

50
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Involve

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Roll with, roll in

51
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Evolve

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Roll out

52
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Ventral

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Belly side

53
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Ventricle

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Hollow organ or cavity

54
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Auricle

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Upper chambers

55
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Auris

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Ear

56
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Ventricular

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Having a belly like bulge

57
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Avunculus

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Uncle on moms side

58
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Avuncular

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Helpful, wise, protective

59
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Dorsal

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Back side

60
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Dorsum

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Back

61
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Endorse

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To back, to support

62
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Somniferous

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Bringing sleep

63
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Somnus

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Sleep

64
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Insomnia

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Inability to sleep

65
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Somnolent

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Sleepy drowsy

66
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Somnambulism

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Sleepwalking

67
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Ambulo

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To walk

68
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Ambulatory

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Able to walk

69
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Perambulator

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Baby carraige, stroller

70
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Per-

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Through

71
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Perambulate

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To walk through

72
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Amble

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Walk aimlessly

73
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Ambulance

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Walk off with the wounded

74
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Preamble

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To walk before

75
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Sopor

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Sleep

76
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Soporific

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Sleeping pill, or to cause sleepiness

77
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Articulate

A

To join words together

78
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Taciturn

A

Don’t like conversations

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