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declaim
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1. utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned audience
2. forcefully protest against or criticize recite, spout, orate |
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trumpet
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a musical instrument
noun: bugle, clarion verb: blare |
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colloquium
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an academic conference or seminar
colloquy |
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symposium
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1.A conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject
2. A collection of essays or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributers |
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cloistered
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kept away from outside world; sheltered
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insouciance
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a casual lack of concern; indifference
unconcern-indifference-carelessness-nonchalance |
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debauchery
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an excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
debauch-profligacy;-dissipation-lechery |
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soberiety
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1.state of being sober
2. the quality of being staid or solemn temperance-soberness-abstinence-moderation |
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tenacity
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persistent determination; doggedness
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Fiat
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1.A formal authorization or proposition; a decree
2. An arbitrary order order-ordinance-decree-command-edict |
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continence
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excess of self constraint in sexual matters
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quagmire
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1. a soft boggy area land that gives way underfoot
2. an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation morass-swamp; quag;marsh;slough;bog;mire;fen |
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Morass
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1.an area of muddy or boggy ground
2. an complicated or confused situation synonym to quagmire |
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Climecteric
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a critical period or event
noun: menopause adjective: critical; crucial |
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protean
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1. tending or able to change frequently or easily
2. able to do many different things, versatile changeable-inconstant-fickle |
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calcified
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harden by deposition of or conversion into calcium carbonate or some other insoluble substance
calcified cartilage |
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grousing
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complain; pettily; grumple
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facile
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1. (specially of theory or argument) a appearing neat and comprehensive by ignoring the complexities of an issue; superficial
2. Having superficial or simplistic knowledge or approach |
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gash
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long deep slash, cut or wound
verb: make a gash in; cut deeply |
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laceration
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a torn ragged wound
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contusions
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a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured
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Eclectic
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Catholic
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