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articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, state, express, vocalize, verbalize, utter, declare, announce, detail, specify, elucidate, clarify, explain, expound, delineate, describe, communicate, convey, reveal, manifest, disclose, divulge, broadcast, proclaim, narrate, recount, recite, iterate, repeat [x]

learning, scholarship, knowledge, education, intellect, enlightenment, literacy, wisdom, understanding, insight, culture, refinement, sophistication, cultivation, eruditeness, bookishness, academicism, pedantry, sagacity, discernment, brainpower, intellective, scholarly pursuits, scholarly knowledge, scholarly learning, scholarly attainment, scholarly erudition, scholarly wisdom, scholarly insight, scholarly understanding, scholarly culture, scholarly refinement, scholarly sophistication, scholarly cultivation, scholarly eruditeness, scholarly bookishness, scholarly academicism, scholarly pedantry, scholarly sagacity, scholarly discernment, scholarly brainpower, scholarly intellective, learnedness, highbrowism, intellectualism, mental acuity, mental sharpness, mental agility, mental capacity, mental ability [x]

term, expression, phrase, lexeme, vocable, locution, utterance, appellation, designation, name, title, label, moniker, tag, handle, denomination, epithet, sobriquet, byname, cognomen, nomenclature, identifier, signifier, token, symbol, representation, unit, element, component, item, entry, article, entity, instance, occurrence, example, sample, specimen, case, illustration, manifestation, form, version, variant, type, kind, sort, category, class, genre [x]

prattle, chatter, gabble, jabber, ramble, blather, drivel, prate, yammer, blabber, gibber, twaddle, waffle, natter, tattle, gossip, murmur, mutter, mumble, burble, cackle, clatter, cluck, gab, yak, yatter, yap, yip, blab, buzz [x]

tests, exams, assessments, evaluations, questionnaires, surveys, quizzes [x]

expressions, phrases, sayings, colloquialisms, locutions, figures of speech, turns of phrase, maxims, adages, aphorisms, proverbs, mottos, slogans, clichés, truisms, epigrams, apothegms, dictums, axioms, saws, bywords, catchphrases, formulae, idiomatic expressions, set phrases, stock phrases, fixed expressions, commonplaces, platitudes, bromides, chestnuts, shibboleths, tropes [x]

abuse, invective, denunciation, castigation, censure, condemnation, criticism, diatribe, tirade, revilement, reproach, scolding, upbraiding, berating, vilification, disparagement, defamation, slander, libel, insult, affront, aspersion, calumny, obloquy, contumely, excoriation, lambasting, railing, tongue-lashing, reproof, rebuke, reprimand, admonishment, chiding, harangue, fulmination, objurgation, opprobrium, vitriol, malediction, execration, animadversion [x]

abuse, insult, vituperation, denunciation, diatribe, tirade, reproach, castigation, censure, revilement, scorn, slander, aspersion, obloquy, contumely, vilification, railing, berating, upbraiding, excoriation, lambasting, tongue-lashing, fulmination, malediction, execration, opprobrium, calumny, defamation, disparagement, derogation, denigration, belittlement, vilipend, vitriol, invectiveness, objurgation, reproof, rebuke, reprimand, admonishment, chiding, harangue, broadside, philippic, abusement, vituperativeness, vituperatory, vituperous, vituperative [x]

understanding, comprehension, awareness, recognition, perception, grasp, insight, epiphany, acknowledgment, cognizance, discernment, enlightenment, appreciation, apprehension, discovery, revelation, knowledge, consciousness, awakening, detection, identification, noticing, observation [x]

indicate, signify, represent, mean, imply, express, show, suggest, connote, symbolize, mark, designate, point out, betoken, typify, stand for, exemplify, manifest, reveal, communicate, spell out, intimate, signal, evidence, demonstrate, exhibit, display, announce, proclaim, declare, name, label, tag, identify, characterize, detail, specify, particularize, describe, narrate, recount, chronicle, relate, tell, explain, elucidate, clarify, expound, interpret, illustrate [x]

study, cram, review, prepare, brush up, swot, revise, learn, practice, drill [x]

disparage, belittle, denigrate, criticize, dis, condemn, censure, decry, denounce, vilify,, derogate, diminish, discredit, devalue, depreciate, scorn slight, underrate, undervalue, minimize, trash, knock, run down, put down, bad-mouth, slam, pan, roast, tear down, trash-talk, dismiss, ridicule, mock, sneer at, scoff at, lampoon, satirize, pillory, castigate, chastise, lambaste, excoriate, berate, rebuke, reproach, reprove, chide, upbraid [x]

clarifying, explaining, elucidating, simplifying, decoding, interpreting, illuminating, unravelling, expounding, untangling, demystifying [x]

depictions, portrayals, representations, accounts, narratives, explanations, illustrations,, delineations, characterizations, sketches, outlines, summaries, reports, profiles, commentaries, expositions, interpretations, analyses, reviews, recitals, chronicles, annotations, elucidations, illustrations, details [x]

concise, brief, terse, compact, pithy, laconic, summary, to the point, short, crisp, condensed, epigrammatic, compendious, curt, economical, gnomic, sententious, tight, abridged, boiled down, in a nutshell, thumbnail, telegraphic, synoptic, brusque, clipped, compressed, reduced, truncated, contracted, lean, spare, skeletal, skeletalized, stripped-down, unembellished, unadorned, unelaborate, plain, simple, straightforward, direct, blunt, no-nonsense, matter-of-fact, to the purpose, to the core, to the heart [x]