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Recitation

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

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Narrower term 6

Capitula 76% connected

See Capitulum.

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Declamation 76% connected

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise…

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Manual 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

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Rehearsal 76% connected

The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a publ…

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Scrimmage 76% connected

Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

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Broader term 6

Grooming 76% connected

of Groom

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Matter 76% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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Preparation 76% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Session 76% connected

The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

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Speaking 76% connected

of Speak

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Training 76% connected

of Train

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Derivationally related 4

Read 74% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Read 74% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Recite 74% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Recite 74% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Containing whole 2

Class 70% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Course 70% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Synonym 5

Drill 92% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Exercise 92% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Practice 92% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Reading 92% connected

of Read

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Recital 92% 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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