GRE Word List

PERORATION

the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration

The meaning of the word peroration is the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration.

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poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
multifarioushaving or occurring in great variety : diverse
finickyextremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
unilateraldone or undertaken by one person or party
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
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upbraidto criticize severely : find fault with