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brevity

n. briefness or conciseness in speech or writing

concise

adj. using few words in speaking and 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 needed to make the point; concise

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 that impacts people’s feelings

garrulous

adj. talkative; loquacious

grandiloquent

adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose

loquacious

adj. very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous

prattle

vb. to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk

rant

vb. to talk very loudly, even wildly

rhetorical

adj. relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some

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. on 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 a great pride in oneself and dislike for others

insolent

adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude

narcissist

adj. or n. having to do with extreme self-adoration

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 or grandness

supercilious

adj. looking down on others; proud and scornful

swagger

vb. to walk around in a proud, showy 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

insipid

adj. lacking flavor or taste; unexciting

lackluster

adj. lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring

mundane

adj.

platitude

n. 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 tension

ameliorate

vb. to make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension

appease

vb. to make tranquil, especially by giving into demands; pacify

assuage

vb. to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify

conciliate

vb. to win a person over through special considerations or

mediate

vb. to act as a go-between in settling conflicts or disputes

mitigate

vb. to make or become less severe; to lesson pain or damage

mollify

vb. to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or 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, especially when pertaining to eating

cordial

adj. warm and friendly; amiable

gregarious

adj. sociable, outgoing

jocular

adj. liking to be with people, joke around and have fun

levity

n. lightheartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition

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 feeds on

pugnacious

adj. eager to fight; belligerent

altruistic

adj. showing an unselfish concern for others

benevolent

adj. giving freely and easily to others; charitable

largess

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

munificent

adj. very generous

philanthropic

adj. showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable

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

avarice

n. greed

frugal

adj. careful with money; thrifty; not costly

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. careful with how money and resources are spent; 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