VOCAB UNIT 11

BREVITY

• (N.) Shortness
• Synonyms: terseness, pithiness
• Antonyms: verbosity, long-wilderness, prolixity
• The brevity of her speech made me happy.

COMPORT

• (v.) to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement
• Synonyms: agree concur
• My mother told me to comport myself at the mall.

CONCISE

• (Adj.) expressing much in a few words.
• Synonyms: brief, succinct, terse, pithy, to the point
• Antnoyms- wordy, verbose, long winded, prolix.
• Barack Obama' concise speech about Health Care made many people question what he was doing.

DEMURE

• (Adj.) sober or serious in manner, modest
• Synonyms- sober or serious in manner modest