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| Description of circumlocution (noun) roundabout or indirect way of speaking; verbosity Samples of circumlocution The man's speech contained so much circumlocution that I was unsure of the point he was trying to make. The child made a long speech using circumlocution to avoid stating that it was she who had knocked over the lamp.
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| Description of rend (verb) to rip or pull from; to split with violence; to disturb with a sharp noise; to tear Samples of rend The kidnapper rent the newborn baby from the arms of its mother as she was leaving the hospital. A freakish water spout rent the fishing boat in half. Every morning, the 5:47 local out of New Brunswick rends the dawn's silence with its air horn.
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| Description of pellucid (adjective) transparent; intelligible; lucid; clear; understandable Samples of pellucid The pellucid material was not an adequate shield from the sun.
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| Description of parse (verb) to separate (a sentence or word) into parts and describe the function of each Samples of parse An English teacher may ask a student to parse a sentence.
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| Description of percussion (noun) striking one object against another; rapping Samples of percussion The loud percussion of the hunter's gunshot startled the birds.
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| Description of prattle (verb) to babble while speaking Samples of prattle The toddler does more prattling than talking.
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| Description of bode (verb) to foretell something; to portend Samples of bode The storm bode that we would not reach our destination.
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| Description of biennial (adjective) happening every two years Samples of biennial The biennial journal's influence seemed only magnified by its infrequent publication.
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| Description of eloquence (noun) ability to speak well Samples of eloquence The speaker's eloquence was attributed to his articulate manner of speaking.
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| Description of catalyst (noun) anything which creates a situation in which change can occur Samples of catalyst The low pressure system was the catalyst for the nor'easter.
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