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Maledicent :: Maledicent (a.) Speaking reproachfully; slanderous.

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen..

Salutatory :: Salutatory (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges..

Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue..

Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery..

Evidence :: Evidence (n.) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it..

Alcohol :: Alcohol (n.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc..

Skip :: Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over..

Harp :: Harp (n.) To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon.

Prose :: Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition..

Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. i.) To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.

Modulate :: Modulate (v. t.) To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking..

Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .

We :: We (obj.) The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb..

Haw :: Haw (v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation..

Us :: Us (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We..

Home-speaking :: Home-speaking (n.) Direct, forcible, and effective speaking..

Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely..

Pretty-spoken :: Pretty-spoken (a.) Spoken or speaking prettily.

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

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