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ASVAB Word Knowledge 2.2 Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes 291 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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