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SAT vocab 1
RWS Mrs. Hahn
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brevity | The quality of being concise and brief, concise and exact use of words in writing and speech |
| Concise | Brief in form, giving a lot of information in few words |
| Laconic | few words (of a person, speech or style of writing) |
| Pithy | Meaningful in expression, concise and forcefully expressed (of language or style) |
| Quiescent | Quiet, inactive or motionless |
| Reticent | Not speaking freely |
| Succinct | Briefly and clearly expressed |
| Taciturn | Not wanting to join conversation, reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little of a person |
| Terse | Abrupt, being to the point |