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(pronounced voh-SIF-uh-rus)

This is one strong adjective. Think blatantly loud, stridently insistent, and vehemently animated.

Example sentence: The school’s interior design professors began a vociferous demonstration when they heard that their department was being dissolved due to

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(pronounced as initials: vee-oh-seez)

The initials V-O-C stand for “volatile organic compound,” which is essentially any organic compound which evaporates readily to the atmosphere. Why are we listing this term in the DESIGN SPEAK section"

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(pronounced va-LOOT; rhymes with flute)

In its most simple terms, this beautiful word means a spiral or scroll-shaped form. This intricate form frequently occurs in nature due to its amazing structural strength (think shells and mollusks), and