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words about words
words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| laconic | to say very little |
| to say very little | President Calvin Coolidge's laconoic way of talking earned him the nickname "Silent Cal." |
| taciturn | to say verry little |
| to say verry little | is there any truth to the gender stereotype that males tend to be more taciturn than females |
| garrulous | to keep talking on and on and on |
| to keep talking on and on and on | i like what paul has to say in his class , but he's just too garrulous |
| lapidary | a style of writing |
| a style of writing | The lapidary style of abraham lincoln's gettysburg address is easily contrasted with the unremembered two hour speech by the little remembered edward everett |
| pithy | short and sweet to the point |
| short and sweet to the point | his speech was very far from pithy |
| succinct | short and to the point a synonym to pithy |
| short and to the point a synonym to pithy | despite his subject's prolonged entreaty for aid the cruel king responded with a succinct "NO." |
| terse | short and to the point |
| glib |
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ryanwilder