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12 Cards in this Set
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Dictate |
To speak aloud in order that one's words may be copied or recorded. |
Then you hold down a button and dictate the command.
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Malediction |
A recital of words intended to harm; a curse |
They are defeated from the start by some nameless malediction.
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Benediction |
A blessing |
We joined a long line of Tibetans filing through the throne room to receive the benediction.
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Locution |
Style or action of speaking. |
The locution may prove useful, or unavoidable, once in a while. |
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Eloquent |
Powerful and expressive. |
His words are equally lucid on the page and eloquent to the listener.
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Colloquial |
Of or related to informal speech |
The colloquial motions helped him seem more confident when giving his speech |
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Evocative |
Calling forth a vivid image or expression. |
Once, headlines were meant to be clever or catchy or evocative. |
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Equivocate |
To use misleading or confusing language. |
For once don't equivocate Agustin... |
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Advocate |
(1) v. To argue in favor for. (2) n. Someone who argues for. |
If you don't like it, advocate for its revision, not its repeal.
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Exclamatory |
Having a forceful excited or emotional tone |
Use and punctuate declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences.
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Declaim |
To speak loudly and with feeling. |
My friends declaim my ability and attribute my skill to other causes.
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Clamorous |
Characterized by a loud noise or outcry |
They are a big reason people forsake the city's clamorous pleasures. |
