<b><font size="4">"rhetoric"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>using language effectively to please or persuade </li> <li>high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation [syn: <a href="/">grandiosity</a>, <a href="/">magniloquence</a>, <a href="/">grandiloquence</a>] </li> <li>loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn: <a href="../palaver.html">palaver</a>, <a href="../hotair.html">hot air</a>, <a href="../emptywords.html">empty words</a>, <a href="../emptytalk.html">empty talk</a>] </li> <li>study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../rhetoric.html">http://www.word.sc/rhetoric</a>

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