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ASVAB Word Knowledge 2.2 Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes 294 Views
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ASVAB Word Knowledge: Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Drill 2, Problem 2. Which of these words is closest in meaning to terse?
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jour brought to you by briefs underwear that it's to
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the point Now which of these words is closer in
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meaning to terse And here the joint The word first
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means to say something in as few words as possible
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It can sometimes be a little rude but at least
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people know what's on your mind Off the bat we
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can eliminate de suite which is way out of left
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field Let's look a b chorus chorus convene a group
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of people singing or cheering in unison which has a
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nice ring to it but doesn't sound totally right Then
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there See tight Well this might work but the word
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tight usually has to do with not having enough space
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like those tight jeans your dad probably shouldn't wear anymore
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so let's cross that off the list as well The
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best of it is a concise which means being short
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and to the point how's that for a tourist explanation
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the correct answer is a concise speech might be free 00:00:58.983 --> [endTime] but talking
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