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Week 7 Vocab
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brevity:Shortness of time or duration; briefness.
concise:Brief in form but comprehensive.
laconic:Using few words; expressing much in few words.
pithy:Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible.
quiescent:Expressed in few words; concise; terse.
taciturn:inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
terse:Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
circumlocution:a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
colloquial:characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
diffuse:to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate.
digress:to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
eloquence:the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness.
garrulous:excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
grandiloquent:speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
loquacious:talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling;
Week 7 Vocab
Across:3. | inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. | 7. | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. | 10. | a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. | 11. | Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible. | 12. | Brief in form but comprehensive. | 13. | Expressed in few words; concise; terse. |
| | Down:1. | to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc. | 2. | speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. | 4. | talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; | 5. | Shortness of time or duration; briefness. | 6. | to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate. | 8. | Using few words; expressing much in few words. | 9. | the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness. | 14. | Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. |
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Week 7 Vocab
Across:3. | inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. | 7. | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. | 10. | a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. | 11. | Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible. | 12. | Brief in form but comprehensive. | 13. | Expressed in few words; concise; terse. |
| | Down:1. | to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc. | 2. | speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. | 4. | talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; | 5. | Shortness of time or duration; briefness. | 6. | to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate. | 8. | Using few words; expressing much in few words. | 9. | the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness. | 14. | Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. |
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