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taciturn

adjective • /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/ or /ˈtæsətɝːn/ • silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak

From Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”)

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   i am often in a state of taciturn.

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   Darcy and Elizabeth are dancing and Netherfield, and Darcy asks her if she talks as a rule while dancing, and Elizabeth...

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    years of SAT books and I still could never remember this word.

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    Cissy is always taciturn when she is upset.

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