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the repetition of similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of successive words (almost the opposite of alliteration)
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assonance (n)
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able to be heard
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audible (adj)
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the sound portion of a broadcast
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audio (n)
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a large room that accommodates an audience, often for meetings or performances
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auditorium (n)
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harsh sounds; noisy or disturbing sounds
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cacophony (n)
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a record player; a machine that reproduces sound
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phonograph (n)
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to vibrate or repeat in sound; to correspond harmoniously
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resonate (v)
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echolocation; a system using transmitted and reflected underwater sound waves to detect and locate submerged objects
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sonar (n)
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a poem with 14 lines that usually sounds like one of several conventional rhyme schemes
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sonnet (n)
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words or music produced by more than one person that sounds as if from one voice
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unison (n)
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