GRE Word List

ELOQUENCE

discourse marked by force and persuasiveness

The meaning of the word eloquence is discourse marked by force and persuasiveness.

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parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
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incorrigibleincapable of being corrected or amended: such as
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