voc-, voca-, vocab-, vocat-, -vocation, -vocative, -vocable, vok-, -voke +
(Latin: call, talk, speak, say, voice; word)
equivocalness
1. A position or statement lacking clarity by virtue of having more than one meaning.
2. Being ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, indefinite, obscure, suspicious, and uncertain; such as, being naturally understood in one way, but it is also easily capable of having a different interpretation.
equivocate
1. Being deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
2. To speak vaguely or ambiguously; especially, in order to avoid a commitment or to mislead.
equivocation
1. Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language.
2. Intentionally vague or ambiguous.
3. A statement that is not literally false but which cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth.
4. In logic, a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word.
equivocator
1. A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer.
2. Anyone who uses ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; to prevaricate or to hedge: "When asked directly for his position on disarmament, he was a master as an equivocator."
equivoke
1. An ambiguous term; a word susceptible to different interpretations.
2. An equivocation (double interpretations); a guibble (evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections).
evocable
1. Capable of being evoked or to bring to mind a memory or feeling; especially, from the past: "He
evoked childhood memories with the picture album."
2. That which can cause a reaction, or a feeling, or to provoke a particular reaction or feeling about something or someone.
evocation
1. A stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors.
2. A re-creation of something not present; especially, an event or feeling from the past.
3. The calling up of supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations.
evocative
1. Prompting vivid memories, or images, of things not present; especially, things from the past.
2. Serving to bring someone, or something, to mind.
evoke
1. To call up, or to produce, memories, emotions, responses, feelings, etc.
2. To suggest, through artistry and imagination, a vivid impression of reality.
evoker
Someone who calls, or summons up, a memory or feeling from the past.
intervocalic
A description of a speech sound that occurs, or is inserted, between vowels; for example, between one word that ends with a vowel and another word that starts with a vowel
invocation
1. A calling upon a greater power; such as, God or a spirit for help, for aid, for protection, for inspiration, etc.
2. A short prayer forming part of a religious service.
3. A form of prayer invoking God's presence; especially, one said at the beginning of a religious service or public ceremony.
4. The act of calling upon or quoting something; such as, a law as a reason or justification for doing something.
5. A casting of a spell in an attempt to make an evil spirit appear.
invoke
1. To request earnestly (something from someone); such as, to ask for aid or protection.
2. To quote, to rely on, or to use something; such as, a law in support of an argument or case.
3. To create, or to arouse, an idea, emotion, or image.
4. To call upon an evil spirit to appear; such as, by casting a spell.
irrevocable
1. Impossible to revoke, to undo, or to change.
2. That which is impossible to retract or to revoke.
irrevocableness
Impossible to retract or to revoke.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
English Words: Origins and Histories;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phon-;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue.