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salute collapse: an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat; a formal military gesture of respect; an act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday"; express commendation of; "I salute your courage!"; greet in a friendly way; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me"; recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"; honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers; become noticeable; "a terrible stench saluted our nostrils"

sensationalism collapse: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"; subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes

polychrome collapse: a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors; color with many colors; make polychrome

transpire collapse: give off (water) through the skin; come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"; come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"; exude water vapor; "plants transpire"; pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

tessera collapse: a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics

patchwork collapse: sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern; a quilt made by sew patches of different materials together; a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

non sequitur collapse: (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises; a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it

bunting collapse: any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America; a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

ostentation collapse: pretentious or showy or vulgar display; lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; a gaudy outward display

pennant collapse: a long flag; often tapering; the award given to the champion; a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)

mosaic collapse: art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass; assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture; transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube; a pattern resembling a mosaic; a freeware browser; viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves; decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement"; of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him; "Mosaic Law"

rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

parquet collapse: seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle; a floor made of parquetry

oratory collapse: addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"

salaam collapse: a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation; greet with a salaam

smoke screen collapse: an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"; (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

hysteron proteron collapse: the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved; reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')

formulation collapse: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"; a substance prepared according to a formula

pretension collapse: a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

flourish collapse: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"; the act of waving; a display of ornamental speech or language; a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"; an ornamental embellishment in writing

incognito collapse: without revealing one's identity; "in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company"

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

glibness collapse: a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman"

light show collapse: a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns

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