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  • 51talk|a|tive — «T kuh tihv», adjective. having the habit of talking a great deal; fond of talking: »He became very talkative over his second bottle of port (George Eliot). –talk´a|tive|ly, adverb. –talk´a|tive|ness, noun. Synonym Study Talkative, loquacious… …

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  • 52Loquacious — Lo*qua cious, a. [L. loquax, acis, talkative, fr. loqui to speak; cf. Gr. ? to rattle, shriek, shout.] 1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous. [1913 Webster] Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 53R. K. Narayan — Not to be confused with K. R. Narayanan. R. K. Narayan Born 10 October 1906(1906 10 10) Madras, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) …

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  • 54The Tortoise and The Geese — is a fable that appears in the Panchatantra, a collection of Sanskrit tales believed to date back as far as the 3rd century BCE [Jacobs, page xv: The latest date at which the stories were thus connected is fixed by the fact that some of them have …

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  • 55garrulous — garrulously, adv. garrulousness, n. /gar euh leuhs, gar yeuh /, adj. 1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters. 2. wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech. [1605 15; < L garrulus talkative,&#8230; …

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  • 56quiet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. peaceful, tranquil, serene; hushed, silent; modest, restrained, subdued; gentle, calm; unostentatious. See repose. n. quietude, peacefulness, calm; silence, hush. See moderation, inexcitability. Ant …

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  • 57verbose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wordy, prolix, repetitive, talkative. See diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wordy, prolix, tedious, tautologous, redundant, repetitious, circumlocutory, repetitive, periphrastic, abounding in …

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  • 58chatty — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. intimate, spontaneous, familiar, talkative; see friendly 1 , informal 1 , talkative . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Given to conversation: conversational, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky, voluble. Slang …

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  • 59communicative — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. forthcoming, voluble, loquacious, unreserved; see frank* , informative , talkative . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. talkative, open, forthright, expressive, loquacious, expansive, unreserved, candid, *gabby, voluble.&#8230; …

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  • 60expansive — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Widely extended] Syn. broad, widespread, comprehensive; see comprehensive , extensive 1 . 2. [Unreserved] Syn. demonstrative, open, communicative, gregarious; see effusive , friendly 1 , talkative . II (Roget s 3&#8230; …

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