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heroics collapse: ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct; "heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood"

jactitation collapse: (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness; (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)

hold forth collapse: talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"

perorate collapse: deliver an oration in grandiloquent style; conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

rigmarole collapse: a long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time"; a set of confused and meaningless statements

declaim collapse: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"; recite in elocution

demagogue collapse: an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience

spiel collapse: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); speak at great length (about something)

gasbag collapse: a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics

intimidation collapse: the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid; the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.

brag collapse: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

read collapse: something that is read; "the article was a very good read"; to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"; interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"; obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"; indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"; have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

vanity collapse: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world"

recite collapse: repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"; render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"

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