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Marina R. (United States of America)
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  1. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  2. windy
    abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
  3. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  4. wordy
    using or containing too many words
  5. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  6. long-windedness
    boring verbosity
  7. tautological
    characterized by unnecessary repetition
  8. pleonastic
    repetition of same sense in different words
  9. surplus
    a quantity much larger than is needed
  10. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  11. project
    a planned undertaking
  12. focus
    the concentration of attention or energy on something
  13. cite
    make reference to
  14. center
    an area that is in the middle of some larger region
  15. substance
    the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
Created on Tue Apr 29 14:55:31 EDT 2008

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