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enunciate

Meaning

To utter or articulate sounds, words, or sentences in a clear and distinct manner.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The teacher leaned closer, her voice soft but firm. "Please, children," she said, wanting them to understand. "Try to enunciate each word carefully so everyone can hear exactly what you mean."

The worried inventor fussed with the sparking contraption. He needed to enunciate his last instruction clearly over the hum. "Turn the dial three clicks clockwise, *now*!" he shouted, hoping the assistant understood before the whole lab imploded.

The old man strained to enunciate his final request, his voice a raspy whisper. He wanted to be sure everyone understood him, to clearly articulate the name of the constellation he saw in the dusty attic window.

The flustered parrot tried to enunciate his demand for crackers. He flapped his wings, squawked loudly, and finally managed to enunciate, "Polly want... *squawk*... food!" The audience giggled, impressed by his surprisingly clear, if bird-brained, articulation.

Brenda the badger, while attempting to *enunciate* her grocery list, accidentally yodeled. The sound, a surprisingly robust "GRI-NOLD-ISH," startled a flock of pigeons and made the whole fruit stand jiggle. Her attempt to be clear resulted in pure, unadulterated chaos.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

She paused, taking a deep breath. Her grandmother, her hearing fading, needed to understand. She leaned in, determined to enunciate each syllable clearly, hoping the words of love would reach her.

The alien ambassador, its bulbous eyes blinking slowly, struggled to enunciate the complex greeting. Each syllable was carefully formed, a deliberate effort to ensure we understood its peaceful intentions. The silence in the observation chamber amplified every precisely articulated sound.

The grizzled captain, his voice raspy from years of shouting over storms, struggled to enunciate his final orders. The roaring wind threatened to swallow every syllable, but the desperate crew strained to hear, needing to understand his precise instructions to survive the rogue wave about to crash over the deck.

The opera singer, despite having a mouth full of cotton candy, managed to enunciate every single note with astonishing clarity, making the audience wonder if she'd secretly swallowed a tiny, well-spoken parrot.

Professor Quibble adjusted his monocle, determined to perfectly enunciate the proper pronunciation of "wobble," a word he insisted held the universe's greatest secrets. His students, however, were more focused on the rogue squirrel attempting to abscond with his wig, its tiny paws flailing heroically against the wind.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The nervous student stepped to the front of the class, clutching her notes. She took a deep breath, determined to enunciate every word clearly, hoping her teacher would understand her earnest attempt to explain the complex subject.

The grizzled prospector, squinting against the glare bouncing off the quartz, struggled to enunciate his discovery over the howling wind. Each word, a strained breath against the gale, had to be clear, or his partner might miss the crucial coordinates to the hidden vein of precious metal.

The old artificer leaned closer, his breath smelling of ozone and flux. He needed his apprentice to understand the critical step. "You must enunciate every designation, every sequence," he rasped, his voice a gravelly rumble. "No mumbling. Clarity is paramount."

The flamboyant opera singer, a spectacle in sequined spandex, paused mid-aria. "My dear audience," he boomed, determined to enunciate every single syllable of his lament, "I shall now enunciate my despair with such crystalline clarity that even the chandeliers will weep with empathetic resonance!"

The esteemed Professor Quibble, known for his peculiar obsession with artisanal cheese, struggled to enunciate his lecture on mold varieties, his mouth tragically gummed shut by a rogue Stilton. He gestured wildly, attempting to convey the delicate nuances of Roquefort's azure veins, but only muffled squeaks escaped, a lamentable auditory spectacle.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The professor insisted the students enunciate each syllable with purposeful clarity, their nervous whispers swallowed by the vast lecture hall. He wanted to ensure every nuance of the arcane text was apprehended, not lost in indistinct murmuring.

The old chronometerist, with his gnarled fingers still nimble from years of intricate work, leaned closer to the novice. "Focus," he rasped, his voice a gravelly whisper. "You must enunciate each tick and tock as if it were a vital secret, letting no ambiguity creep into the cadence."

The wizened cryptographer, his voice raspy from years of hushed secrets, struggled to enunciate the ancient cipher's final syllable. He feared the guards, ever vigilant outside the subterranean archive, would misinterpret his labored articulation as a surrender, a capitulation he would not countenance.

Barnaby, with his prodigious proboscis, struggled to enunciate his meticulously prepared, polysyllabic pronouncements on the burgeoning geopolitical ramifications of artisanal cheese. Each gargantuan utterance, despite his valiant efforts, seemed to devolve into an indecipherable, gustatory gargle, prompting uproarious mirth from the assembled dignitaries.

The bewildered gargoyle, perched precariously on the precipice of impending structural demise, attempted to enunciate his dire warnings to the unsuspecting pigeons. His stony gullet, long accustomed to mere guttural rumblings, strained to articulate his prognostication of imminent deliquescence, a veritable symphony of crumbling masonry and avian indifference.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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