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| Briefness or conciseness in speech or writing. |
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| Using few words in speaking or writing. |
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| Using few words in speech. |
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| Brief and full meaning and substance; concise. |
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| Not talking much; reserved. |
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| Clearly and briefly stated; concise. |
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| Silent; sparing of words; close-mouthed. |
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| Using only the words that are needed to make the point very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness. |
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| Using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others. |
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| Speaking in circles, roundabout speech. |
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| Pertaining to everyday speech; conversational. |
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| Spread out, not concise; wordy. |
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| to wander off fromk the subject or topic spoken about. |
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| Artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people's feelings. |
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| Using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others. |
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| Pertaining to everyday speech; conversational. |
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| Spread out, not concise; wordy. |
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| To wander off from the subject or topic spoken about. |
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| Artful Ease with speaking; speech that caninfluence people's feelings. |
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| To speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk follishly. |
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| To talk on and on pointlessly, without clear direction. |
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| To talk very loudly, even wildly; rave. |
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| Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression. |
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| Using to many words; wordy; long-winded. |
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| Talking a great deal with ease. |
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| Overbearing; proud; haughty. |
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| One who boasts a great deal. |
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| Lacking respect; scornful. |
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| Full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof. |
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| Excessively self-absorbed; very conceited. |
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| Having great pride in oneselfand dislike for others. |
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| Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude. |
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| Having to so with extreme self-admoration and a feeling of superiority to everyone. |
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| Having to do with showing off; pretentious. |
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| Too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds. |
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| claiming or pretending increased importance; ostentatious; affectedly grand. |
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| Looking down on others; proud and scornful. |
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| To walk around in a proud,showy manner; to boast in a loud manner. |
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| Dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed. |
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| An idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse. |
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| Unoriginal; taken from something already existing. |
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| Made commonplace by overuse. |
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| lacking flavor or taste; unexciteing. |
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| Lacking vitality, energy brightness |
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| unoriginal and stale due to overuse |
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| lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale |
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| to lessen fear; to relieve pain. |
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| commonplace; ordinary; unoriginal |
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| unoriginal and stale due to overuse |
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| lacking freshness and zest |
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