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briefness
"when time is short brevity is a virtue" |
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using few words in speaking or writing
"for a concise summary of the book, read the inside cover" |
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using few words in speech
"It was just to hot to give more than a laconic response" |
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brief and full of meaning
"ex. I love you" |
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brief and full of meaning
"ex. I love you" |
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quiet; still ; inactive
Mt. St. Helen is now quiescent since its last eruption |
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not talking; reserved
"Usually reticent, Mrs Wroty surprised us with a long story" |
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clearly and briefly stated.
"let me state this as succincy as possible" |
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silent, sparing of words
the taciturn girl said nothing for four hours |
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| using words that are only needed to make a point. sometimes to the point of rudeness. |
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speaking to impress others.
Luke was being bombastic.. it was hard to tell if he was serious, or just trying to show off. |
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speaking in circles
"beating around the bush" |
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using everyday speech
colloquial greetings are "hey dog whats up?" |
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spread out, wordy
"the class disscusion was so diffuse that few solid points were made" |
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to wander off from the subject
"we dont have time to digress from the main issue right now" |
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artful ease with speaking, speech that can influence people's feelings.
"even the most eloquent graduation speechs are easily forgotten" |
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talkative
"the library prohibs one from being to garrolous" |
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using big fancy words to impress one
"Katie and Amanda tried to be grandiloquent and bombastic but failed since they have no idea what the fuck any of the other big ass words mean" |
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very talkitive, garrolous
"katie is very loquacious.. and doesn't ever shut up." |
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to rattle on, speak on senselessly and silly in manner
"she prattled on and on" |
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prattle, to talk on pointlessly.
"Amanda prattled on and on about pointless science" |
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relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect
the lawyers rhetoric convinced the jury to save the victim |
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using too many words
Brenda needed to cut her verbose speech from 40 to 15 mintues |
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talking with a great deal of ease
Kevin B is always shy around girls.. and needs to be voluble and stop talking about marching band |
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overbearing, proud, haughty
His arrogant attitude made others not want to be near him |
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One who brag's a lot
James was a braggart when it came to talking about his first place in soccer. |
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lacking respect.
Mr. Ferrante told Amanda that she needed to stop being contemptous otherwise he would send her to Mr. Digicano. Then she bitch slapped him. |
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self satisfied, smug.
"Katie could get an A in Gym, but says fuck the world and is complacent with where she is now" |
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full of bitterness and pride
The audience showed its disdain by laughing at the singer that couldn't carry a tune |
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excessivly self absorbed
Nathan's so egotistical that he thinks every girl on campus wants to be with him |
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having great pride in one's self and dislike for others
Mr. Ferrante is haughty, he thinks he's the best cleaning man in town and wants the others gone. |
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rude, boldly disrespectful, contemptous
Her insolent behavior got her sent to the principals office. |
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feeling superior to everyone
During segregation, white people felt narcissistic to africans. |
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showing off, pretentious
Meredith was constantly showing off her ostentatiousity, by wearing Tiffany all the time. |
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assuming, too forward or bold
On his first day of work, Harris presumptuously asked his boss "When do I get a raise?" |
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pretending increased importance
Katie was pretentious when she put an Ivy Leavue college sticker on her car. Because she obviously failed the SATS by not learning these fucking words. |
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to look down on others
Supercillious Susan notices no one |
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to walk around in a proud manner
Commodore Norrington swaggers along the decks. |
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dull or stale due to over use
the joke, why did the chicken cross the road is quite banal |
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an idea thats old due to overuse, banal
Good writers avoid cliche's like the plague |
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unoriginal, banal, cliche
Yo mama, is quite derivitive |
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| over use, banal, derivitive |
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lacking flavor or taste, unexciting.
The ice cream was insipid, and not as good as we thought it would be. |
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lacking energy, or brightness, BORING
the classroom was lackluster as the walls were a dull gray and there were no windows |
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commonplace, ordinary
In Pirates of the Caribbean, none of the characters are mundane, espically when they turn into skeletons. |
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quality of being dull.
The first impression of our teacher was that he had plenty platitudes when he explained that all we would do is homework. |
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dull, platitude
what is more prosaic then cabbage soup? |
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unoriginal and stale due to overuse, banal, cliche.
I was being quite banal in my essay, so the teacher wrote TRITE all over it. |
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lacking freshness and zest
the salsa wasnt as vapid as we though |
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to lessen fear
By talking the SAT course you can allay the anxiety of taking the SAT's |
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to lessen pain of discomfort
by placing a pillow under your back, you can alleviate the pain from sleeping. |
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to make better
The doctor gave me a new ointment to ameliorate my rash. |
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to make peaceful, or tranquil
Pacifists try to appease arguments |
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to alleviate, to lessen pain
to help Katie assuage her anger, Dave lets Katie vent for a while |
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to win a person over through special consideration or persuasive methods, to reconcile
Harry toned down the harsh language by using conciliatory words like sorry and please |
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to act as a go-between in settling conflicts.
The teacher acted as a mediator when he split up the two fighting children |
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to make or become less severe
After stiching up the wound, it mitigated |
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to pacify or smooth
The doctor mollified the mother when he explained that her child was alright |
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to calm
The mother gave the child a PACIFIER, which PACIFIED the baby |
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to make calm or smooth
the restaurant attempted to placate our nerves by giving us free apetizers after such a long wait |
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to quiet down
the principal failed to quell the obnoxious audience |
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