expatiate

Day 30Level 3

ex-PAY-shee-ayt

discuss at length

to write or discuss in detail

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

elaborate

Antonyms:

compress, contract

Example Sentence:

The eloquent speaker expatiated the issue of global warming and requested the members of different nations to work unanimously on this issue.

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