Abbreviated communication

1. abridge – a) to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents; b) to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc. diminish, curtail; c) cut down, epitomize, condense, abstract, digest, contract, reduce, divest

2. curtail – a) to cut short, cut off a part of, abridge, reduce, diminish; b) to lessen, dock

3. terse – a) suggests brevity combined with wit or polish to produce particularly effective expression, it may also suggest brusqueness or curtness

4. brevity – a) shortness of time or duration, briefness; b) the quality of expressing much in few words; c) compactness, succinctness, pithiness

5. concise – a) compact quality of expression; b) expressing or covering much in few words; c) speech or writing using few words to say much; d) brief in form but comprehensive in scope, succinct, terse; e) pithy, compendious, laconic

6. compendium – a) a brief treatment or account of a subject, esp. an extensive subject, concise treatise; b) a summary, epitome, or abridgement; c) survey, digest, conspectus

7. syllabus – a) an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum

8. cursory – a) going rapidly over something without noticing details, hasty, superficial; b) quick, brief, passing, haphazard

9. synopsis – a) a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of the principal parts of a subject; b) the compendium of heads or short paragraphs giving a view of the whole; c) a brief summary of the plot of a novel, motion picture, play; d) condensation, epitome, abstract, abridgement, précis

10. précis – a) a concise summary; b) digest, condensation, abstract

WISDOM

1. adag e – a) traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb

2. axiom – a) a self-evident truth that requires no proof; b) a universally accepted principle or rule

3. epigram – a) any witty, ingenious or pointed saying tersely expressed; b) a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and often ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought

4. truism – a) a self-evident, obvious truth; b) cliché, platitude

5. aphorism – a) a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, such as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton)

6. bromide – a) a platitude or trite saying; b) a person who is platitudinous and boring

7. platitude – a) a flat, dull or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound; b) the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite; c) cliché, truism

8. apothegm – a) a short, pithy, instructive saying; b) a terse remark or aphorism

9. dictum – a) an authoritative pronouncement; b) a judicial assertion; c) a saying, maxim; d) decree, edict, fiat, order, declaration, proverb, adage, truism, saw

10. sententious – a) abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims; b) given to excessive moralizing, self-righteous; c) pithy, preachy, didactic, sanctimonious, moralistic

11. sagacious – a) having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; b) wise, sage, discerning, clever, intelligent, judicious, acute, sharp, keen, perspicacious

12. sage – a) a profoundly wise person, a person famed for wisdom; b) someone venerated for the possession of wisdom, judgment and experience; c) philosopher

FAMILY

1. conjugal – a) pertaining to or characteristic of marriage (conjugal vows); b) pertaining to the relationship between husband and wife; c) matrimonial, nuptial, connubial, marital

2. endogamy – marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit

3. progenitor – a) a biologically related ancestor; b) a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor

4. ancestral – a) pertaining to ancestors, descending or claimed from ancestors; b) serving as a prototype, forerunner or inspiration

5. progeny – a) a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant or animal; b) something that originates or results from something else; outcome, issue

6. consanguine – a) related by descent from a common ancestor; b) having a close relationship or connection; c) related by blood

7. filial – a) of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter; b) noting or having the relation of a child to a parent

8. scion – a) a descendant; b) child, issue, offshoot, progeny

9. fratricide – a) a person who kills his or her brother; b) the act of killing one’s brother

10. avuncular – a) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle; a forefather (avuncular affection)

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