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| abridgment |
a book, speech, or the like that has been condensed. [1/3 definitions] |
| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| address |
a formal speech, lecture, or other communication. [2/9 definitions] |
| affricate |
a speech sound that results from a stoppage of breath followed by a release at the same point of articulation, such as the "ch" sound in "chip". |
| afield |
off the familiar or desired track, as in speech or thought. [1/3 definitions] |
| again |
used to emphasize an idea that one has earlier expressed in the same conversation, speech, or text. [1/5 definitions] |
| alliterate |
to form or compose (speech or verse) using alliteration. [1/2 definitions] |
| Americanize |
to cause to become American in appearance, character, speech, practices, or the like. |
| Anglo-Saxon |
plain or blunt, as some English speech or writing. [1/5 definitions] |
| anticlimax |
a descent from important or powerful ideas, esp. in speech or writing, to much less significant ones. [1/3 definitions] |
| ape |
to imitate or copy (someone's speech or behavior), sometimes clumsily or mockingly. [1/5 definitions] |
| apologist |
a person who argues in defense or justification of a doctrine, belief, action, or the like, usu. in writing or a speech. |
| apologize |
to make in speech or writing a formal explanation and defense, as of one's actions, beliefs, or motives. [1/2 definitions] |
| apology |
a formal explanation and defense in speech or writing of one's actions, beliefs, or motives. [1/2 definitions] |
| archaic |
no longer in common use, esp. in speech or writing. [1/3 definitions] |
| articulate |
having the power of speech. [3/10 definitions] |
| articulation |
a movement of speech organs in the production of a sound, or a group of these movements. [2/5 definitions] |
| aside |
a departure from the main point in a speech or discussion. [1/6 definitions] |
| aspirate |
in phonetics, to pronounce (a speech sound) with an audible release or rush of air, as the "h" in "helium" or the "p" in "pickle". [3/5 definitions] |
| aspiration |
the exhalation of breath during speech. [1/2 definitions] |
| assertive |
forward or aggressive in speech or action. |
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