| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Vivid, effective, or persuasive communication in speech or artistic performance: articulacy, articulateness, eloquence, eloquentness, expressiveness, expressivity, facundity. See WORDS. 2. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood: aspect, cast, countenance, face, look, visage. See EXPRESS. 3. A word or group of words forming a unit and conveying meaning: locution, phrase. See WORDS. 4. Something that takes the place of words in communicating a thought or feeling: gesture, indication, sign, token. See SHOW. 5. The act or an instance of expressing in words: articulation, statement, utterance, verbalization, vocalization, voice. See WORDS. 6. The act or process of describing in lifelike imagery: delineation, depiction, description, portrayal, representation. See SHOW. 7. A sound or combination of sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning: locution, term, word. See WORDS.
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