GRE Word List
RHETORIC
the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
The meaning of the word rhetoric is the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |