This week’s theme
Verbs

This week’s words
actuate
parley
impignorate
declaim
divaricate

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PRONUNCIATION:

(di/dee-KLAYM)

MEANING:

verb intr.:	1. To speak rhetorically.
	2. To speak in a pompous manner.
verb tr.:	1. To recite with eloquence.
	2. To state with passion.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin declamare, from de- (intensive prefix) + clamare (to shout). Earliest documented use: 1374.

USAGE:

“Will Self makes frequent appearances in the Guardian to declaim the Death of the Novel, only to persist in writing novels that presumably not even he can be bothered to read.”
Rob Doyle; The Novel Isn’t Dead -- It Just Smells Funny; Irish Times (Dublin); Nov 15, 2018.

See more usage examples of declaim in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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