First 5 Weeks Of Vocab Flashcards by Marissa T | Brainscape

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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

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Disdainful

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Disrespectful, bitter scorn and pride

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Complacent

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Smug

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Haughty

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Over proud, disliking others

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Pretentious

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Pretending to be more important than you are

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Braggart

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Boastful individual

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Arrogant

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Overbearing and proud

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Contemptuous

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Lacking respect

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Egotistical

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Excessively self absorbed and self centered

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Elitist

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Some one who is snobbish or condensendong

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Insolent

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Boldly rude and disrespectful

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Narcissistic

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Extreme self admiration above everyone else

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Ostentatious

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Showing off

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Presumptuous

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To forward, or to bold

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Supercilious

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Look down upon others

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Swagger

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To work around in a proud showy manner