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1. applause; enthusiastic approval 2. an oral vote; especially in approval
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acclamation
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n. a loud outcry, especially in protest v. to insist or exclaim noisily
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clamor
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to speak loudly or passionately
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declaim
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adj. referring to legal proceedings or formal debate or rhetoric n. (with an s) the study or practice of formal debate
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forensic
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1. the central square or marketplace of a Roman city 2. a public meeting or situation for open discussion
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forum
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unfamiliar language; a dialect or jargon
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lingo
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a language used by people who don't speak a common language, pidgin
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lingua franca
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1. a person who speaks several languages 2. a person who studies linguistics and/or the structure of human speech
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linguist
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1. the use of more words than needed 2. evasive talk; roundabout expression
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circumlocution
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a meeting for discussion, especially in an academic setting
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colloquium
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a word or expression; phraseology
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locution
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very talkative
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loquacious
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1. of or like a witty saying 2. well known; frequently spoken of
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proverbial
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word for word
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verbatim
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wordy; using excessive words
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verbose
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the occurence of the same initial sound in several words in succession
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alliteration
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1. the explicit meaning of a word or phrase, not a metaphor 2. word for word 3. concerned mainly with facts, unimaginative
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literal
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1. to be able to read an write 2. Knowledgeable; educated
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literate
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to do away with completely; to wipe out or erase
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obliterate
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to attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin
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ascribe
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1. to draw a line around; to encircle 2. to confine or limit
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circumscribe
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a military draft
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conscription
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1. to denounce or condemn 2. to prohibit or forbid
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proscribe
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1. to pledge to pay for or contribute to something; to place an order by signing 2.to express consent or agreement; to assent 3. to sign one's name to something
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subscribe
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1. to make a copy of; to write out fully 2. to make a sound recording for later reproduction 3. to arrange music for a different instrument than the original one composed for
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transcribe
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a word composed by the first letters or parts of a name or series of words
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acronym
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a word that sounds like the thing it names
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onomatopoeia
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a fictitious name
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pseudonym
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shameful; disgraceful
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ignominious
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a system of naming, especially in the arts and sciences
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nomenclature
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