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tirade
noun a long, forceful, or angry speech, often critical or denunciatory in nature; harangue.When her grandmother saw what she was wearing, she knew she would hear one of her grandmother’s tirades about…
personify
1. to be a perfect or typical example of; embody.The lovely actress personified elegance. 2. to attribute human characteristics to (a nonhuman or inanimate thing).The poem personifies a tree. See the full…
opinionated
adjective having definite and unchangeable opinions, often seemingly on all subjects.Her father is very opinionated and really doesn’t listen to anybody else’s views on a subject. See the full entry
gawk
intransitive verb to look at someone or something fixedly and somewhat dopily; gape.The boys gawked at the attractive substitute teacher as she walked down the hall. noun someone who is clumsy and…