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 |
|---|---|
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| thespian | actor |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |