Chapter 10 Flashcards by Maggie Pomerenke

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Laconic

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Saying little meaning much

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Inarticulate

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When the words won’t come

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Garrulous

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Talks a lot little sense

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Banal

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Cliche, unoriginal

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Verbose

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Talks a lot

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Voluable

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Rapid and fluent

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Cogent

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Convincing

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Vociferous

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Loud noisy furious

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Loquacious

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Talk a lot not badly. Just a lot

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Taceo

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To be silent

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Tacit

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Unsaid, better left unsaid

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Re-

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Again

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Reticent

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Someone who prefers to stay quiet

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Loquor

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To speak

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Soliloquy

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Speech to ones self

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Solus

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Alone

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Ventriloquist

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One who can throw the voice

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Venter, ventis

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Belly

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Colloquial

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Informal conversation

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Circumlocution

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Talking around, express an idea indirectly or roundaboutly

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Circum-

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Around

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Laconia

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Sparta

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Laconic

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Concise, curt

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Laconism

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An expression that is short and concise

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Cogent

Admiration

Cogency

Ability to be logical, to think clearly, keen mind

Cogo

To drive together, to compel

Eloquent

Speaks out, expressive, artistic in arguing

Magniloquent, grandiloquent

Grandiose or pompous language

Magnus

Large

Grandis

Grand

Verbum

Word

Volvo, volutus

To roll

Garrio

To chatter

Magnanimous

Big hearted

Animus

Mind

Magnate

Person of great power

Magnificent

To make larger or better

Magnify

To make larger

Magnitude

To act large

Magnum

Large bottle, two fifths of a gallon

Magnum opus

Greatest work

Opus

Work

Opero

To work

Verbatim

Word for word

Verbal

Oral or spoken

Verbiage

Excess of words, style of words

Revolve

To roll again

Revolution

Radical change

Involve

Roll with, roll in

Evolve

Roll out

Ventral

Belly side

Ventricle

Hollow organ or cavity

Auricle

Upper chambers

Auris

Ear

Ventricular

Having a belly like bulge

Avunculus

Uncle on moms side

Avuncular

Helpful, wise, protective

Dorsal

Back side

Dorsum

Back

Endorse

To back, to support

Somniferous

Bringing sleep

Somnus

Sleep

Insomnia

Inability to sleep

Somnolent

Sleepy drowsy

Somnambulism

Sleepwalking

Ambulo

To walk

Ambulatory

Able to walk

Perambulator

Baby carraige, stroller

Per-

Through

Perambulate

To walk through

Amble

Walk aimlessly

Ambulance

Walk off with the wounded

Preamble

To walk before

Sopor

Sleep

Soporific

Sleeping pill, or to cause sleepiness

Articulate

To join words together

Taciturn

Don't like conversations