Vocab 24 Flashcards

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Taciturn

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people who don’t like ot talk or listen. Act as if the conversation is a bore, even a painful waste of time.
Unresposive; silent

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Laconic

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Saying little, but meaning a lot.
Economy; breuity; meaningfulness

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Inarticulate

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People who are unable to utter words in an understandable way. They probably have a lot to say but the best they can do is sputter
Awkwardness; sputtering; incoherense

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Garrulous

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Someone who talks a lot but doesn’t make much sense
Rambling chatter

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Banal

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Someone who speaks with little imagination, humor, or originality. their speech will contain patterns of cliches and stereotypes
Cliche; unoriginal

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Verbose

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Someone who talks a lot and repeats themselves many times. Usually these people phrase, rephrase and re-rephrase their thoughts using way more words than necessary
Wordiness; repritiveness

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Voluble

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Someone who is a rapid, fluent talker, or whose words seem to roll off their tongue without them even trying
Fluency; rapidity

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Cogent

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Someone who expresses their ideas persuasively, forcefully, brilliantly, and in a way that is sure to convince a listener
Logic; clarity; persuasiveness

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Vociferous

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This person’s talk is loud, noisy, clamorous, and vehement. What might be lacking in content is compensated for in force and loudness.
Noise; forcefulness

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Loquacious

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Someone described as this talks a lot. They might be any of the other words described too, but it’s the sheer quality and continuity of their speech that is notable
Talkativeness

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