LACONIC

(adj.) brief and to the point; effectively cut short
"a crisp retort", "a response so curt as to be almost rude", "the laconic reply; `yes'", "short and terse and easy to understand"
synonyms : crisp , curt , terse

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(Tag: ) LAC..LACK, SO LACK OF WORDS in her speech, specify that she used very few words to portray her ideas.
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(Tag: ) LACONIC: it ends with conic... which looks like CONCISE-- using few words
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(Tag: ) laconicus 'of Sparta', from Greek lakonikos; because the people of ancient Sparta were famous for not using many words]
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