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Vociferous Makes Hear Group Making Noisy Emphatic Outcries

word vociferous
definition Making noisy or emphatic outcries.
eg_sentence Whenever the referee at these soccer games makes a questionable call, you hear vociferous protests from half the parents.
explanation A vociferous group shouts loudly and insistently, and they're usually not too happy about something. So, for example, we often hear about vociferous critics, vociferous demands, vociferous opponents, or a vociferous minority. When a small group makes itself vociferous enough, everyone else may even start thinking it's actually a majority
IPA voʊˈsɪfərəs

Tags: mwvb::unit:7, mwvb::unit:7:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki

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