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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Brevity | n: briefness of conciseness in speech or writing |
| Concise | adj: using few words in speaking or writing. |
| Laconic | adj: using few words in speech |
| Pithy | adj: brief and full of meaning and substance; concise. |
| Quiescent | adj: quiet; still; inactive |
| Reticent | adj: not talking much; reserved |
| Succinct | adj: clearly and briefly stated; concise |
| Taciturn | adj: silent; sparing of words; close-mouthed |
| Terse | adj: using only the words that are needed to make the point; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness |
| Bombastic | adj. using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others |
| Circumlocution | n speaking in circles; roundabout speech |
| Colloquial | adj. pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational |
| Diffuse | adj. spread out, not concise; wordy |
| Digress | vb. To wander off from the subject or topic spoken about |
| Eloquence | n. artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people's feelings. |
| Garrulous | adj. talkative; loquacious |
| Grandiloquent | adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others |
| Loquacious | adj. very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous |
| Prattle | vb. To speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly |
| Ramble | vb. To talk on and on pointlessly, without clear direction |
| Rant | vb. To talk very loudly, even wildly; rave |
| Rhetorical | adj. relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression |
| Verbose | adj. using too many words; wordy; long-winded |
| Voluble | adj. talking a great deal with ease; glib |
| Arrogant | adj. overbearing; proud; haughty |
| Braggart | n. one who boasts a great deal |
| Complacent | adj. self-satisfied; smug |
| Contemptuous | adj. lacking respect; scornful |
| Disdainful | adj. full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof |
| Egotistical | adj. excessively self-absorbed; very conceited |
| Haughty | adj. having great pride in oneself and like for others |
| Insolent | adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude |
| Narcissistic | adj. having to do with extreme self-adoration and a feeling of superiority to everyone |
| Ostentatious | adj. having to do with showing off; pretentious |
| Presumptuous | adj. too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds |
| Pretentious | adj. claiming or pretending increased importance; ostentatious; affectedly grand |
| Supercilious | adj. looking down on others; proud and scornful |
| Swagger | vb. To walk around in a proud, showy manner; to boast in a loud manner |
| Banal | adj. dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed |
| Cliché | n. an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse |
| Derivative | adj. unoriginal; taken from something already existing |
| Hackneyed | adj. made commonplace by overuse; trite (n. hack, one who copies or imitates the work of others) |
| Insipid | adj. lacking flavor or taste; unexciting |
| Lackluster | adj. lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring |
| Mundane | adj. commonplace; ordinary |
| Platitude | n. quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original |
| Prosaic | adj. dull; commonplace |
| Trite | adj. unoriginal and stale due to overuse |
| Vapid | adj. lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale |
| Allay | vb. to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain |
| Alleviate | vb. to lessen pain or discomfort |
| Ameliorate | vb. to make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension |
| Appease | vb. to make tranquil or quiet, especially by giving into another's demands; to pacify |
| Assuage | vb. to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify |
| Conciliate | vb. to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods; reconcile |
| Mediate | vb. to act as a go-between in settling conflicts or disputes between people or opposing sides |
| Mitigate | vb. to make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage |
| Mollify | vb. to pacify, soothe, or appease to make less severe of violent |
| Pacify | vb. to calm; to make peaceful; to restore to a tranquil state |
| Placate | vb. to make calm; to soothe |
| Quell | vb. to pacify; to subdue; to quiet down |
| Affable | adj. easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; kind; amiable |
| Amiable | adj. friendly, kind |
| Amicable | adj. showing goodwill; peaceable |
| Congenial | adj. compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic |
| Convivial | adj. sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company |
| Cordial | adj. warm and friendly; amiable |
| Gregarious | adj. sociable, outgoing |
| Jocular | adj. liking to be with people, joke around with them and have fun |
| Levity | n. lightheartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition, particularly when not appropriate |
| Animosity | n. hatred; ill will |
| Antagonism | n. hatred or hostility |
| Bellicose | adj. of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike belligerent |
| Belligerent | adj. taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight |
| Cantankerous | adj. bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
| Captious | adj. made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling |
| Contentious | adj. quarrelsome; belligerent |
| Disputatious | adj. likely to dispute or argue |
| Polemical | adj. inclined to argue or debate; controversial |
| Predator | n. one who takes advantage of another, exploits or feels on another; a strong adversary or rival |
| Pugnacious | adj. eager to fight; belligerent |
| Altruistic | adj. showing an unselfish concern for others |
| Benevolent | adj. giving freely and easily to others; charitable; kind |
| Larges | n. generous giving |
| Lavish | adj. generous in giving to others or in spending money |
| Magnanimous | adj. generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness |
| Munificent | adj. very generous |
| Philanthropic | adj. showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; humans |
| Prodigal | adj. wasteful; lavish |
| Squander | vb. to spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion |
| Austere | adj. having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance |
| Avaricious | adj. greedy |
| Frugal | adj. careful with money; thrift; not prodigal or wasteful |
| Mercenary | adj. greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making |
| Miserly | adj. careful with how money is spent; thrifty |
| Parsimonious | adj. overly thrifty or miserly |
| Penurious | adj. stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution |
| Thrifty | adj. showing care with how money and resources are spent or used; miserly |
| Adversity | n. great trouble or difficulty |
| Conflagration | n. a huge fire, an inferno |
| Confounding | adj. puzzling; baffling |
| Cryptic | adj. hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure |
| Debacle | n. a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical |
| Enigma | n. riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter or person |
| Labyrinth | n. maze from which it is very hard to extricate or free oneself |
| Precarious | adj. dangerous or risky; uncertain |
| Quagmire | n. a difficult or troubling situation; a swampy ground, bog, mire |
| Quandary | n. a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation |
| Turbulence | n. great unrest; turmoil or disorder |
| Turmoil | n. a turbulent scenario or situation. |
| Baneful | adj. causing ruin; harmful; pernicious |
| Deleterious | adj. harmful to one's health or overall welfare; pernicious |
| Detrimental | adj. harmful |
| Devious | adj. dishonest or deceptive; tricky |
| Iniquitous | adj. showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious |
| Malicious | adj. intending to hurt or harm another; spiteful |
| Nefarious | adj. very mean and wicked |
| Odious | adj. loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way |
| Ominous | adj. pertaining to an evil omen; foreboding |
| Pernicious | adj. very destructive or harmful, usually in an inconspicuous and relentless way |
| Rancorous | adj. deeply hateful or spiteful; malicious |
| Virulent | adj. extremely poisonous; deadly; full of spiteful hatred |
| Berate | vb. to rebuke or scold in a harsh tone |
| Carp | vb. to find fault; to be critical |
| Castigate | vb. to scold or punish severely |
| Censure | vb. to criticize strongly |
| Chastise | vb. to punish or scold harshly |
| Deprecate | vb. to show mild disapproval |
| Deride | vb. to ridicule or make fun of; to scoff at |
| Impugn | vb. to oppose or attack someone or something as false or refutable |
| Rebuff | vb. to snub; to bluntly refuse |
| Rebuke | vb. to reprimand or scold sharply |
| Reprove | vb. to speak to in a disapproving manner; to scold |
| Upbraid | vb. to chide; to scold bitterly |
| Aloof | adj. uninterested; showing no concern; emotionally removed or distant |
| Apathetic | adj. indifferent; showing no caring, interest, or concern; lacking emotion |
| Detached | adj. aloof; indifferent |
| Impassive | adj. lacking emotion or drive |
| Indifferent | adj. apathetic; showing little or no concern or care |
| Listless | adj. lacking interest in something, usually because of illness fatigue, or general sadness; spiritless |
| Nonchalant | adj. casual and indifferent; not showing any great concern or worry about anything |
| Phlegmatic | adj. hard to get excited or emotional; calm; slow-moving |
| Remote | adj. emotionally distant and disinterested; aloof; uninvolved; distant, far away |
| Stolid | adj. lacking emotion or not showing any emotion; stoical |
| Indolent | adj. lazy; not wanting to do any work |
| Languor | n. a weak or lifeless feeling |
| Lassitude | n. a tired feeling, usually resulting from depression or too much work |
| Lethargic | adj. having little or no energy |
| Sedentary | adj. having to do with sitting around a lot |
| Sluggish | adj. slow and lazy |
| Soporific | adj. sleep-inducing; sleepy |
| Stagnant | adj. lacking movement or energy |
| Torpid | adj. lacking energy; relating to inactivity; feeling sluggish |
| Compliant | adj. yielding, submissive |
| Fawning | adj. gaining the favor of another by acting overly kind or by using flattery |
| Obsequious | adj. obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive manner |
| Servile | adj. slave-like; very humble and submissive |
| Slavish | adj. slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work |
| Submissive | adj. voluntarily obeying another; humble |
| Subordinate | adj. inferior; lower in rank or status |
| Subservient | adj. obedient; obsequious |
| Sycophant | n. self-server who tries to gain the favor of others through the use of flattery or by being over attentive |
| Toady | n. a flatterer; a sycophant |
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