GRE重点词汇解析：laconic

　　laconic: 简洁的; concise, using few words

　　1) sparing of words; terse, pithy

　　2) using few words; terse: "a laconic reply."

　　laconic <> voluble, prolix, garrulous, loquacious, verbose

　　laconism <> verbosity

　　voluble : laconic

　　laconic : speech

　　laconic : volubility

　　laconic : curt

　　loquacious : laconic

　　1. For someone as laconic as she, who preferred to speak only when absolutely necessary, his relentless chatter was completely maddening.

　　2. After a laconic introduction the program began.

　　3. The people enjoyed the public addresses of the laconic queen.

　　4. His laconic replies of a sentence or two unfairly earned him a reputation for being rude.

　　Synonyms: brusque, concise, succinct; rudely abrupt, blunt, brusk, brusque, curt

　　laconic: using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious