Answer:
admitted. announced. answered. asserted. attested. averred. avowed.
blabbed. blared. blasted. blathered. boasted. bragged. brayed.
claimed. clarified. conceded. confided. contradicted. criticized. cried. crowed.
declaimed. declared.
elaborated. elucidated. enunciated. exclaimed.
fibbed. fumed.
gabbed. gossiped.
haggled. hinted.
indicated.
jabbered.
murmured. muttered.
opined.
predicted. proclaimed.
quacked. quipped.
railed. raved. recommended. repeated. replied. responded. retorted. riposted.
simmered. sobbed. stammered. stated. suggested.
talked.
uttered.
whimpered. whined. whispered.
yipped.
shouted.