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  • 116vapid, insipid — These words mean lacking flavor, life, or sharpness, dull and tedious : This cold drink is vapid (or insipid). The conversation we had was insipid (or vapid). What distinction there is between the words is that vapid suggests stupidity or… …

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  • 117loquacity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Talkativeness Nouns 1. loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness, volubility, garrulity, multiloquence, flow of words, gift of gab, eloquence, fluency. Slang, flannel mouth. See speech. 2. diffuseness,… …

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  • 118monologue — noun 1》 a long speech by one actor in a play or film. 2》 a long, tedious speech by one person during a conversation. Derivatives monologic adjective monological adjective monologist (also monologuist) noun Origin C17: from Fr., from Gk monologos… …

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  • 119witty — witty, humorous, facetious, jocular, jocose are comparable when they apply to persons and their utterances and mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter or smiles. Witty (compare WIT) suggests a high degree of cleverness and quickness in… …

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  • 120drag — [[t]dræg[/t]] v. dragged, drag•ging, n. adj. 1) to draw slowly and with effort; haul 2) to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like: to drag a lake for a gun[/ex] 3) to smooth (land) with a drag or harrow 4) to introduce or insert: He drags his… …

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