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fluency collapse: the quality of being facile in speech and writing; skillfulness in speaking or writing

speak collapse: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"; make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"

affirm collapse: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"; say yes to

connote collapse: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

eschatology collapse: the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment; heaven and hell; the end of the world

afford collapse: be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"; afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"; have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"

snivel collapse: whining in a tearful manner; cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!"; talk in a tearful manner

flagellate collapse: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals; having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum); whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

chew the fat collapse: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

weasel word collapse: an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion

dismay collapse: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

demythologize collapse: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"

represent collapse: point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"; describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"; serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"; create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"; be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority"; be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven"; take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"

delegate collapse: a person appointed or elected to represent others; give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person); transfer power to someone

denote collapse: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "; be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed"

protect collapse: shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"; use tariffs to favor domestic industry

intercept collapse: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis; seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

fight collapse: a boxing or wrestling match; "the fight was on television last night"; the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"; an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"; fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"; make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

think up collapse: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

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