Chapter 10 Flashcards
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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
3
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Garrulous
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Talks a lot little sense
4
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Banal
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Cliche, unoriginal
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Verbose
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Talks a lot
6
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Voluable
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Rapid and fluent
7
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Cogent
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Convincing
8
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Vociferous
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Loud noisy furious
9
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Loquacious
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Talk a lot not badly. Just a lot
10
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Taceo
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To be silent
11
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Tacit
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Unsaid, better left unsaid
12
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Re-
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Again
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Reticent
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Someone who prefers to stay quiet
14
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Loquor
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To speak
15
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Soliloquy
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Speech to ones self
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Solus
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Alone
17
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Ventriloquist
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One who can throw the voice
18
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Venter, ventis
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Belly
19
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Colloquial
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Informal conversation
20
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Circumlocution
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Talking around, express an idea indirectly or roundaboutly
21
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Circum-
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Around
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
Admiration
26
Cogency
Ability to be logical, to think clearly, keen mind
27
Cogo
To drive together, to compel
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Eloquent
Speaks out, expressive, artistic in arguing
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Magniloquent, grandiloquent
Grandiose or pompous language
30
Magnus
Large
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Grandis
Grand
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Verbum
Word
33
Volvo, volutus
To roll
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Garrio
To chatter
35
Magnanimous
Big hearted
36
Animus
Mind
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Magnate
Person of great power
38
Magnificent
To make larger or better
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Magnify
To make larger
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Magnitude
To act large
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Magnum
Large bottle, two fifths of a gallon
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Magnum opus
Greatest work
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Opus
Work
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Opero
To work
45
Verbatim
Word for word
46
Verbal
Oral or spoken
47
Verbiage
Excess of words, style of words
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Revolve
To roll again
49
Revolution
Radical change
50
Involve
Roll with, roll in
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Evolve
Roll out
52
Ventral
Belly side
53
Ventricle
Hollow organ or cavity
54
Auricle
Upper chambers
55
Auris
Ear
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Ventricular
Having a belly like bulge
57
Avunculus
Uncle on moms side
58
Avuncular
Helpful, wise, protective
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Dorsal
Back side
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Dorsum
Back
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Endorse
To back, to support
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Somniferous
Bringing sleep
63
Somnus
Sleep
64
Insomnia
Inability to sleep
65
Somnolent
Sleepy drowsy
66
Somnambulism
Sleepwalking
67
Ambulo
To walk
68
Ambulatory
Able to walk
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Perambulator
Baby carraige, stroller
70
Per-
Through
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Perambulate
To walk through
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Amble
Walk aimlessly
73
Ambulance
Walk off with the wounded
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Preamble
To walk before
75
Sopor
Sleep
76
Soporific
Sleeping pill, or to cause sleepiness
77
Articulate
To join words together
78
Taciturn
Don't like conversations
