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111taste — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, affection, affinity, appetence, appetite, appreciate, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, apprehend, appropriateness, aroma, artistic judgment, assay, attribute, badge, bag, be aware… …
112laconic — [16] The Greek term for an inhabitant of the ancient region of Laconia, in the southern Peloponnese, and of its capital Sparta, was Lákōn. The Spartans were renowned for not using two words where one would do (there is a story that when Philip of …
113Attlee, Clement — (1883–1967) Clement Attlee was elected as a Labour MP in 1922, became party leader in 1935, Deputy Prime Minister in the war coalition in 1942 and (following a landslide Labour victory) Prime Minister in 1945. He presided over the 1945–51… …
114blunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dull, deaden, numb; moderate. adj. dull; direct; brusque; undiplomatic, forthright. See bluntness, discourtesy, insensibility, moderation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dull] Syn. dull, unsharpened,… …
115terse — [tə:s US tə:rs] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: tersus clean, neat , from tergere to wipe off ] a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed ▪ Derek s terse reply ended the conversation. >tersely… …
116brevity — brev·i·ty || brevÉ™tɪ n. briefness, shortness, conciseness, terseness …
117laconicism — n. concise manner of speaking, use of few words, terseness …
118laconism — lac·o·nism || lækÉ™nɪzm n. concise manner of speaking, use of few words, terseness …
119pithiness — pith·i·ness || pɪθɪnɪs n. brevity, conciseness, succinctness, terseness …
120terse — adjective (terser, tersest) sparing in the use of words; abrupt. Derivatives tersely adverb terseness noun Origin C17 (orig. polished, trim , hence concise and to the point ): from L. tersus wiped, polished …
