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Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize..

Prose :: Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse..

Discourteous :: Discourteous (a.) Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.

Prosy :: Prosy (superl.) Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.

Discourse :: Discourse (v. t.) To utter or give forth; to speak.

Persevere :: Persevere (v. i.) To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken..

Talk :: Talk (n.) To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts..

Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..

Discoure :: Discoure (v. t.) To discover.

Conversable :: Conversable (a.) Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse.

Magniloquence :: Magniloquence (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.

Improvement :: Improvement (n.) The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse..

Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A discourse on flowers.

Scrub :: Scrub (v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living..

Ethical :: Ethical (a.) Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy..

Preliminary :: Preliminary (a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations..

Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..

Onology :: Onology (n.) Foolish discourse.

Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.

Discouragement :: Discouragement (n.) That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement..

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