Verbose GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /vɜːˈbəʊs/ (adj)/ using more words than needed, long-winded, talkative, wordy, effusive, loquacious, garrulous, superfluous, pompous, prolix, rambling, pretentious Verbosity means wordiness and it happens when we use more words than necessary in our writing. This is often done when we want our writing to sound formal and intelligent, but verbosity can…
Rhetoric 1100 Words You Need Week 40 Day 1 /ˈret.ər.ɪk/ US /ˈreţ.ɚ-/ (noun) persuasive speech or writing, oratory, public speaking, pretentious words and clever use of language, speechmaking, empty talk, pomposity, bombast, grandiloquence, magniloquence, the study of speaking or writing effectively, language, expression, vocabulary, exaggerated language The campaign rhetoric of Barack Obama is the rhetoric…
Sanctimonious Sanctimonious (adj) /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/ hypocritically showing that you are morally superior than others – holier-than-thou – self-righteous – pompous – hypocritically religious: I cannot tolerate such a sanctimonious person with extreme radical ideas.