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Taciturn Silence, unresponsiveness, saying little
Laconic Economy, brevity, meaningfulness. Saying little, meaning MUCH.
Inarticulate Incoherence, awkwardness.
Garrulous Much talk, little sense. rambling, chatty.
Banal unoriginal.
Verbose Wordiness, repetitiveness
Voluble Words in quick succession
cogent Words that convince
Vociferous noise, the sound and the fury
Loquacious Talkativeness
Tacio, Tacit To be silent, unspoken
Loquor To speak
solus alone
Venter, Ventris belly
Soliloquy a speech to one's self
Ventriloquist one who can throw his voice
Colloquial Informal expressions used in daily conversation--the way you talk, not the way you would write
colloquialism Informal expressions used in day to day talk expressions
Circumlocution talking around. (think about circumference=around)
Reticence Unwillingness to talk, shyness, reserves
Magnanimous Big hearted, generous
Magnate A person of great power or influence
Magnum A large bottle, generally 2/5 of a gallon
Magnum Opus A big work, a master piece
Opera A Number of words
verbum word
Verbige An excess of words or a style or manner of using words
Volvo, volutus to roll, revolve, roll again.
Revolution complete rolilng, a radical change of any sort
Involve Roll in
Evolve Roll out
Grandis Grand
Garrio To chatter
Eloquence Great artistic or emotional expressiveness
ventral the front side, the belly side
Ventricle A hollow organ or cavity.
Auricle, from auris somewhat ear-shaped , auris=ear
Dorsal back side in anatomy.
endorse Back it, support it sustain it
Fero To bear or carry
Somnus sleep
Ambulo to walk
ambulatory walking around
perambulate to walk through
Avunculus uncle
somniferous Sleep-inducing
soporific sleeping pill
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