GRE Word List
ELOQUENCE
discourse marked by force and persuasiveness
The meaning of the word eloquence is discourse marked by force and persuasiveness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inundate | overwhelm |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| puerile | juvenile |