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 |
|---|---|
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| imprecation | curse |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| ram | a male sheep |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |