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VocPrep #1
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12th Grade
08/02/2010

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Ricky, try to be more CONCISE in this paper; the assignment was for a three-page paper; yours was 106.
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brief and to the point 
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I've known Lucy for ten years, but she's so LACONIC that I hardly know anything about her past.
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using few words
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Because commercial time during the Super Bowl runs over $3 million per minute, it's good to be SUCCINCT.
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spoken or written in a clear and precise manner
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My girlfriend tends to be BRUSQUE when she's mad; she tells me to talk to the hand.""
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rudely abrupt
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The dictionary was 1,400 pages long before it was ABRIDGED by the publishers to 850 pages.
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to shorten a written text
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Speeches at the Academy Awards are not known for their BREVITY; they often go long past their allotted time.
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brief; succinct expression
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The assassins of Caesar CONSPIRED to murder him at the Ides of March.
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to plan something in secret with others
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The Board of Directors CONCURRED that they needed to fire the CEO.
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agreed together
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The members of the assembly had at last reached a CONCORD and were able to pass the bill.
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a state of harmony and agreement
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It turned out that the cause of his cancer was CONGENITAL; many members of his family had also suffered from it. 
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existing at birth
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The early history of the Roman Catholic Church told the story of many SCHISMS between rival groups over the correct interpretation of its tradition.
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a division into political or religious factions
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She had INCISIVE judgment about which employees were likely to excel in their jobs.
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having or indicating keen insight
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