GRE "L"

Question 1

Laconic

Answer 1

Another word that sounds different from what it means. A person is described as laconic when he/she says very few words.
Using very few words, often to the point of being concise, brief, or even blunt.

lack of words in her speech, lack of words in comic
lack phonic

• While Martha always swooned over the hunky, laconic types in romantic comedies, her boyfriends inevitably were very talkative—and not very hunky.
• His laconic reply — “No” — ended the debate instantly.
  🔹 She admired his laconic style of leadership — efficient and no-nonsense.