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Vocab Flashcards

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Laconic

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Disposed to using few words

Syn: taciturn, reticent

Ant: garrulous, loquacious

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Concise

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Brief and to the point

Syn: succinct, terse

Ant: prolix, discursive, protracted, circumlocutory, verbose

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Succinct

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Spoken or written in a clear and precise manner

Syn: terse, concise

Ant: prolix, discursive, protracted, circumlocutory, verbose

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Brusque

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Rudely abrupt

Syn: curt, abrupt, petulant

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Abridge

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To shorten a written text

Syn: abbreviate

Ant: augment, amplify, protract

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Brevity

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Quality of succinct expression

Syn: conciseness, pithiness, succinctness, Laconism

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Conspire

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To plan together secretly commit an illegal act

Syn: collude, collaborate

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Concur

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To agree

Syn: accord, harmonize, cohere

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Concord

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state of harmony

Syn: unanimity, consensus

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Congenital

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Existing at birth

Syn: innate, inborn

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Schism

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Division into political or religious factions

Syn: faction, rift, divergence

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Incisive

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Having or indicating keen insight

Syn: acute, keen, astute, canny, perspicacious, judicious, shrewd

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Co, con

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Together, with

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Cis

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Cut

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Brev

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Brief

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cur

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Run, course

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Judicious

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Showing sound judgement, prudent

Syn: prudent, sensible, circumspect, sagacious

Ant: improvident, rash

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Adjudicate

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To hear and judge a case

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Astute

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Shrewd, keen

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