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VEHEMENCES
Noun
vehemences
plural of vehemence
Source: Wiktionary
VEHEMENCE
Ve"he*mence, n. Etym: [L. vehementia: cf. F. véhémence.]
1. The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.
2. Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions. I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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