Word Smart (long and short)
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abridge | to shorten, to condense |
| Augment | to make bigger, to add to, to increase |
| Brevity | briefness |
| Chronic | constant, lasting a long time, usually associated with something negative |
| Circuitous | roundabout, rambling, indirect |
| Circumlocution | an indirect or evasive expression; wrdiness |
| Concise | brief and to the point |
| Copious | abundant, plentiful |
| Curtail | to shorten, to cut short |
| Laconic | using few words almost to the point of rudeness |
| Perfunctory | careless and without enthusiasm |
| Ponderous | so massive as to be clumsy or heavy; so long as to be dull (speeches and ideas) |
| Profuse | flowing, extravagant |
| Protract | to prolong, to lengthen |
| Provisional | conditional, temporary, tentative |
| terse | using no unnecessary words, very succinct |
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