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| capable of logical and consistent speech, thought, etc |
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| dispute, argument, or debate, esp one concerning a matter about which there is strong disagreement and esp one carried on in public or in the press |
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| planned or executed with care and exactness; detailed |
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| a point of convergence of light or other electromagnetic radiation, particles, sound waves, etc, or a point from which they appear to diverge |
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| of little importance; petty or frivolous |
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| to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means |
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| the deliverance and release of a person appearing before a court on a charge of crime, as by a finding of not guilty |
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| late 14c., from L. censura "judgment" (see censor). The verb is first attested 1580s. |
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| c.1300, from O.Fr. reprover, from L.L. reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn |
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| a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
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| the irony occurring when the implications of a situation, speech, etc, are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
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| an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does |
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| figurative or descriptive language in a literary work |
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| agreement or similarity, esp in a certain limited number of features or details |
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a long speech made by one actor in a play, film, etc, esp when alone |
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