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11Taciturnity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Taciturnity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 silence silence muteness obmutescence Sgm: N 1 taciturnity taciturnity pauciloquy costiveness| curtness Sgm: N 1 reserve reserve reticence &c.(concealment) 528 …
12concise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. succinct, short, brief, terse, laconic, epigrammatic, summary, compact. See shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. succinct, brief, condensed, terse, pithy, laconic, compact, compressed, condensed,… …
13taciturnity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Reserve in speaking Nouns 1. taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, reticence, reserve, closeness, curtness; silence, muteness, pauciloquy, laconicism; secrecy, concealment. 2. man or woman of few words,… …
14concise — concisely, adv. /keuhn suys /, adj. expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse: a concise explanation of the company s retirement plan. [1580 90; < L concisus cut short (ptp. of concidere) …
15precipitate — adj Precipitate, headlong, abrupt, impetuous, hasty, sudden as applied to persons or their acts or be havior denote characterized by excessive haste and unexpectedness. Precipitate especially stresses lack of due deliberation; sometimes it… …
16concise — [kən sīs′] adj. [L concisus, cut off, brief, pp. of concidere, to cut off < com , intens. + caedere, to cut: see CIDE] brief and to the point; short and clear concisely adv. conciseness n. SYN. CONCISE implies the stating of much in few words …
17precipitate — I. verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Latin praecipitatus, past participle of praecipitare, from praecipit , praeceps Date: 1528 transitive verb 1. a. to throw violently ; hurl < the quandaries into which the releas …
18sudden — [sud′ n] adj. [ME sodain < OFr < VL * subitanus, for L subitaneus, sudden, extended < subitus, pp. of subire, to approach, go stealthily < sub , under + ire, to go or come: see YEAR] 1. a) happening or coming unexpectedly; not… …
19vexing — adjective 1. causing irritation or annoyance tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport found it galling to have to ask permission an irritating delay nettlesome paperwork a… …
20brevity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. concision, briefness, shortness, transientness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shortness, conciseness, concision, briefness, terseness, pointedness, pithiness, compression, succinctness, crispness,… …