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rhetoric

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the art of effective persuasive speaking or writing, sometimes lacking substance

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Rhetoric in a sentence

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The speech was full of soaring rhetoric but offered no concrete plan.

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Rhetoric (noun) means the art of effective persuasive speaking or writing, sometimes lacking substance
Here is rhetoric used in an example sentence: "The speech was full of soaring rhetoric but offered no concrete plan."
Common synonyms for rhetoric include oratory, eloquence, discourse, bombast.
Rhetoric is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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