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emend correct (usually a text); N. emendation: correction of errors; improvement blandishment flattery vociferous conspicuously and offensively loud cantankerous bad-tempered; quarrelsome malodorous unpleasant-smelling sonorous full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style laconic brief and to the point voluble talkative torpid Inactive, sluggish, dull spate a large number or amount perspicacious acutely insightful and wise savant a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar bombast lofty inflated speech cogent convincing and believable demagogue a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice exhort urge on or encourage especially by shouts glib insincere or superficial incantation magical spell maxim a proverb orator skilled public speaker oxymoron figure of speech characterized by seeming contradictions quip a witty or smart observation aggrandize to enlarge; to increase the reputation of aver to declare or prove to be true veracity truthfulness or accuracy