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rhetorical

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variants also rhetoric

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as in oratorical

marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases you can skip over the rhetorical passages and still get the gist of the essay

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as in grandiloquent

full of fine words and fancy expressions the new governor delivered a long rhetorical speech about our state's bright future but laid out no specific programs for ensuring it

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as in verbal

of or relating to words or language the next war that those two nations fight won't be rhetorical—it will be with bombs and bullets

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