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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| laconic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| curt | / | Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crisp | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| verbose | x/ | Adjective |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| uncharacteristically | xxxx/xx | Adverb |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| characteristically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| monosyllabic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| glib | / | Noun |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| snappy | /x | Adjective |
| accusatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| scathing | /x | Adjective |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| staccato | x/x | Noun |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| plaintive | /x | Adjective |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective |
| polite | x/ | Adjective |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| tactful | /x | Adjective |
| icily | /xx | Adverb |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| brief | / | Adjective |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| cogent | /x | Adjective |
| deadpan | /x | Adjective |
| maddeningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| anodyne | /xx | Noun |
| brash | / | Noun |
| chatty | /x | Noun |
| dryly | /x | Adverb |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| declarative | x/xx | Adjective |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| florid | /x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Name |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| pedantic | x/x | Adjective |
| effusive | /xx | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| nuanced | /x | Adjective |
| testy | /x | Noun |
| disconcertingly | xx/xx | Adverb |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| startlingly | /xx | Adverb |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| uninformative | xx/xx | Adjective |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| sparse | / | Adjective |
| voluble | /xx | Adjective |
| lucid | /x | Adjective |
| refreshingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| facetious | x/x | Adjective |
| charmingly | /xx | Adverb |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| express | x/ | Noun |
| verbatim | x/x | Adjective |
| sentential | x/x | Adjective |
| speaking | /x | Verb |
| telic | /x | Noun |
| tonic | /x | Noun |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| articulate | x/xx | Adjective |
| parol | xx | Noun |
| periodic | xx/x | Adjective |
| oblique | x/ | Adjective |
| semantic | x/x | Adjective |
| literal | /xx | Adjective |
| terminal | /xx | Noun |
| literate | /xx | Adjective |
| lexical | /xx | Adjective |
| general | /xx | Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| purposive | /xx | Adjective |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| conjunctive | xxx | Adjective |
| crude | / | Noun |
| final | /x | Adjective |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective |
| condensed | x/ | Verb |
| monosyllables | xx/xx | Noun |
| telegram | /xx | Noun |
| reply | x/ | Noun |
| epigrams | xxx | Noun |
| rejoinder | x/x | Noun |
| announcement | x/x | Noun |
| communique | x/xx | Noun |
| memo | /x | Noun |
| nod | / | Noun |
| summation | x/x | Noun |
| epitaph | /xx | Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun |
| brevity | /xx | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| summary | /xx | Noun |
| understatement | /xxx | Noun |
| adj | x | Noun |
| directness | x/x | Noun |
| phrasing | /x | Noun |
| sentences | /xx | Noun |
| sayings | /x | Noun |
| dictum | /x | Noun |
| couplets | /x | Noun |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| message | /x | Noun |
| remark | x/ | Noun |
| diction | /x | Noun |
| pronouncement | x/x | Noun |
| retort | /x | Noun |
| statement | /x | Noun |
| abridgment | x/x | Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| committal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| garbled | /x | Adjective |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| haiku | /x | Noun |
| italicized | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| minute | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| paragraphs | /xx | Noun |
| prefatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| read | / | Verb, Noun |
| serve | / | Verb, Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stanzas | /x | Noun |
| suffice | x/ | Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| try | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| unemotional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| verse | / | Noun, Verb |
| worded | /x | Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
