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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| Brevity | short/brief in wiriting and speech |
| concise | usinf few word |
| laconic | using few word in speech |
| pithy | brief and full of meaning |
| quiescent | quiet, still, inactive |
| reticent | not talking much/reserved |
| succinct | clear and brief |
| taciturn | closed mouth |
| terse | few word but rude |
| bombastic | using big word to impress others, showy |
| circumlocution | talking in a circle |
| colloquial | common everyday language |
| diffuse | spread out, wordy |
| digress | to wander off track |
| eloquence | artful ease of speaking |
| garrulous | talkative |
| grandiloquent | big fancy word, to impress others |
| loquacious | very talkative, likes to talk |
| prattle | childish talk |
| ramble | pointless talking |
| rant | loud wild talk |
| rhetorical | persuasive talk, a speech that has an affect on others |
| verbose | using too many words-long winded |
| voluable | talking a great deal, gift of glib |
| arrogant | overbearing, proud |
| braggart | boast about himself |
| complacent | self-satified |
| contemptuous | lacking self respect, scornful |
| disdainful | full of bitter |
| egotistical | self-absorbed, conceited |
| haughty | dislike for others to make themselves feel better |
| insolent | disrepectful |
| narcissistic | loves oneself, |
| presumptuous | forward, over stepping over one's bounds |
| pretentious | pretending to have increased importance |
| supercilious | looking down on others |
| swagger | proud walk |
| banal | dull, over used |
| cliche | over used expression |
| derivative | unorginal, something that already exists |
| hackneyed | made commonplace by being over used |
| insipid | lack flavor or taste |
| lackluster | lacks energy, brightness |
| mundane | commonplace, ordinary |
| platitude | dull attitude |
| prosaic | dull, common place |
| trite | unorginal, dull from over use |
| vapid | lacking zest and freshness |
| allay | to lessen |
| alleviate | to lesson pain or tension |
| ameliorate | make better |
| appease | give in |
| assuage | pacify, lessen pain |
| conciliate | to win over |
| mediate | a go-between |
| mitigate | to make less severe |
| mollify | tp soothe |
| pacify | to calm |
| placate | to calm, to soothe |
| quell | to quiet down |
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