About The Word Reticent
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Reticent
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What's The Definition Of Reticent?
[adj] reluctant to draw attention to yourself
[adj] cool and formal in manner [adj] temperamentally disinclined to talk Synonyms | Synonyms for Reticent: reserved | restrained | self-effacing | taciturn | unassertive | undemonstrative | unemotional | untalkative Related Terms | Find terms related to Reticent: See Also | Reticent In Webster's Dictionary \Ret"i*cent\, a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to
keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See {Tacit}.]
Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
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