A-C
Acknowledge – confirm something
Add – contribute information
Admit – confess to be true
Agree – give consent/concur
Announce – publicly declare
Answer – respond to a question
Argue – disagree
Ask – make a request
Assure – to dispel doubts
Babble – speak rapidly/incomprehensibly
Bargain – to negotiate
Bark – talk roughly/shout
Bawl – shout noisily
Beg – plead/make a humiliating request
Begin – start speaking
Bellow – shout forcefully
Blabber – talk unreservedly/tactlessly
Bleat – reveal loudly/moan like a sheep
Blubber – talk in sobs
Bluff – misdirect/pretend
Blurt – suddenly reveal/speak out
Boast – talk in a self-aggrandising way
Brag – as above
Breathe – respire/whisper
Cackle – an ugly laugh
Call – garner attention by speaking loudly/clearly
Claim – express an opinion
Chime – be in agreement/harmonising
Chide – to scold
Comment – add opinion/react
Complain – state a grievance
Concede – admit to a truth/surrender/give in
Confirm – corroborate a fact
Correct – put an error right
Cough – clear the throat
Cry – yell/sob/shout
Croon – speak in a soft singing voice
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