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 |
|---|---|
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |