First 5 Weeks Of Vocab Flashcards by Marissa T

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Quiescent

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Inactive or still

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Pithy

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To the point

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Concise

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Using few words to express oneself

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Terse

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Brief almost to the point of rudeness

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taciturn

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Quiet and reserved

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Brevity

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Shortness or conciseness

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Laconic

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Using as few words as possible

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Reticent

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Keeping thoughts and opinions to oneself

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Succinct

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Clearly and briefly stating something

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Garrulous

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Very talkative

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Prattle

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Silly talk

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Eloquence

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Emotionally stirring speech

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Rant

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To speak loudly, almost yelling

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Voluble

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Using many words

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Bombastic

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Showy speech, flowery words

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Circumlocution

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Roundabout or indirect way of speaking g

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Colloquial

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Informal

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Diffuse

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Everywhere, wordy

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Digress

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Temporally leave main subject

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Grandiloquent

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Showy language, excessive amount of difficult words to show off

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Loquacious

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Chatty or talkative

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Ramble

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Aimlessly talking

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Rhetorical

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Intended to persuade

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Verbose

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More words than necessary

Disdainful

Disrespectful, bitter scorn and pride

Complacent

Smug

Haughty

Over proud, disliking others

Pretentious

Pretending to be more important than you are

Braggart

Boastful individual

Arrogant

Overbearing and proud

Contemptuous

Lacking respect

Egotistical

Excessively self absorbed and self centered

Elitist

Some one who is snobbish or condensendong

Insolent

Boldly rude and disrespectful

Narcissistic

Extreme self admiration above everyone else

Ostentatious

Showing off

Presumptuous

To forward, or to bold

Supercilious

Look down upon others

Swagger

To work around in a proud showy manner