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reserved

adjective

Restrained in expressing feelings or in speaking and acting around others.

Restrained in expression

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reticent restrained quiet guarded undemonstrative retiring

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reticent

adjective

Reluctant to speak freely or reveal one's thoughts.

Unwilling to speak freely

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reserved taciturn quiet uncommunicative tight-lipped guarded

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rhetoric

noun

The art of effective expression; also language criticized as impressive but lacking substance.

Effective expression

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oratory eloquence persuasive language art of persuasion

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