Get to the Point/Impromptu
purist
Definition: a person concerned with keeping traditional practices Example: The priest was a purist when it came to going to church.
purist
Definition: a person concerned with keeping traditional practices Example: The purist Muslim was very concerned when she saw a woman not wearing the traditional hijab.
terse
Definition: brief and to the point Example: The Terse storyteller was laughed at because of his short stories.
terse
Definition: brief and to the point Example: The teacher was terse about how she wanted the class to behave.
prophetic
Definition: foretelling or predicts future events Example: Linda is a prophetic fortune teller.
ominous
Definition: menacing or threatening Example: The clouds looked ominous when the girls where on the football field about to start practicing.
portend
to serve as a warning of something
ominous
Definition: menacing or threatening Example: The coat hanging in the corner looked very ominous,and slightly human like"Its scaring me" said my little sister laying next to me"Its only a coat on a hook"I said but suddenly it started moving toward me and pounced on me with a knife.I heroically held it off as my sister hit him in the back. Luckily I over powered him and killed him with his own knife.
impromptu
Definition: not planned in advance, spur of the moment Example: I was so excited that I got a new car that I decided to have an impromptu race with my friend Jacquees.
insightful
Definition: perceptive Example: The book gives insight into rural family life in 1930's Ireland.
insightful
Definition: perceptive Example: The insightful Detective figured out the case in a matter of hours.
harbinger
Definition: something that indicates what is to come Example: The people seemed to regard the American flag as the harbinger of a new era.
harbinger
Definition: something that indicates what is to come Example: The story gave very many harbingers that the world was going to explode.
harbinger
Definition: something that indicates what is to come Example: when two enemies called truce,everyone saw this action as a harbinger in their relationship.
curtail
Definition: to cut short Example: We decided to curtail the event because people began to leave early.
curtail
Definition: to cut short Example: The new laws are in effort to curtail illegal drug use.
curtail
Definition: to cut short Example: The town wants to curtail drunk driving.
curtail
Definition: to cut short Example: Tommy had to curtail his paper because Mrs folwer said it was tooooo long