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echoic
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adjective
  1. of or pertaining to an echo
  2. imitative of a sound; onomatopoetic
elliptical
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adjective
  1. In a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval.
  2. Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.
If he is sometimes and obscure, it is because he has so much to tell us -- w:Edmund Wilson, Edmund Wilson
elliptically
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adverb
  1. in the form of an ellipse
  2. using ellipsis
elocution
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noun
  1. The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.
epexegesis
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noun (epexeges, es)
  1. An additional explanation or explanatory material.
epiphonema
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noun
  1. (rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
    • 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin 2003, p. 50:
    • :in the midst of a dispute on the subject, in which, by the bye, he was frequently involved,
eulogistic
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adjective
  1. of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy
eulogium
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noun
  1. (alternative spelling of, elogium)
eulogy
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noun (eulogies)
  1. An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
  2. Speaking highly of someone; the act of praising or commending someone.
euphemism
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noun
  1. (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another and that is considered less offensive or less vulgar than the word or phrase it replaces.
  2. (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.
exclamation
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noun
  1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
  3. A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus !; -- called also exclamation point.
exposition
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noun
  1. The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
  2. The act of declare, declaring or describe, describing something through either speech or writing.
  3. The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place. now obsolete.
  4. An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
expository
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adjective
  1. Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
Practicing writing will teach you to explain complex concepts clearly.
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