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Declamation

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.

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Broadside 76% connected

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

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Harangue 76% connected

A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation;…

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Philippic 76% connected

Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.

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Rant 76% connected

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation…

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Ranting 76% connected

of Rant

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Raving 76% connected

of Rave

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Tirade 76% connected

A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.

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Oratory 76% connected

A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

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Reading 76% connected

of Read

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Recital 76% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Recitation 76% connected

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

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Declaim 74% connected

To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exerc…

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Declaim 74% connected

To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exerc…

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