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 |
|---|---|
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| vertex | the top of the head |