Lessons 1-5 Flashcards by Brian Kelner | Brainscape

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reserved

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reticent

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concision in speech

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laconic

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still/innactive

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quiescent

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using language in a showy way

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bombastic

pompous

grandiloquent

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brief to the point of rudeness

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terse

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talkative

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garrulous

loquacious

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wordy speech

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diffuse

verbose

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to ramble foolishly

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prattle

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talking with ease

(adj)

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voluable

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lacking respect/scornful

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contemptuous

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disdainful

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aloof

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having great pride and a dislike for others

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haughty

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extreme self adoration

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narcicism

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pretending to be too important

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pretentious

ostentacious

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overstepping proper bounds

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presumptuous

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scornfully looks down on others

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supercilious

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unoriginal/ made dull by overuse

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hackneyed

mundane

banal

trite

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