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Tuesday, September 9

11. Rhetorical


  • With its exaggerations and self-conscious cleverness, his rhetorical speech had more style than substance.
  • Adj. - over-elaborate, showy; concerned primarily with style or effect
  • Synonyms: oratorical, euphuistic, flowery, grandiloquent
  • Antonyms: plain, unpretentious, unembellished

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