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 |
|---|---|
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |