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 |
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| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |