| rhetoric |
| 1. adj. (synonym of rhetorical). | |
| 2. n. The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade. | |
| 3. n. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress. | |
| It’s only so much rhetoric. | |
| Literature |
| 1. n. (alt-form, literature), especially when defined as a school subject. | |
| 2. n. The body of all written works. | |
| 3. n. The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture. | |
| 4. n. All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject. | |
| 5. n. Written fiction of a high standard. | |
| However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Ada | |
| deliberate |
| 1. adj. Done on purpose; intentional. | |
| Tripping me was deliberate action. | |
| 2. adj. Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining. | |
| The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict. | |
| 3. adj. Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash. | |
| a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result | |
| 4. adj. Not hasty or sudden; slow. | |
| 5. v. To consider carefully. | |
| It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| unintentional |
| 1. adj. Not intended or deliberate; inadvertent; unwitting | |
| overstatement |
| 1. n. An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. | |
| The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts. | |
| 2. n. The tendency to overstate. | |
| She had a knack for overstatement. | |
| particularly |
| 1. adv. (focus) Especially, extremely. | |
| The apéritifs were particularly stimulating. | |
| 2. adv. (degree) To a great extent. | |
| 3. adv. Specifically, uniquely or individually. | |
| 4. adv. In detail; with regard to particulars. | |
| 5. adv. (dated) In a particular manner; fussily. | |
| extreme |
| 1. adj. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost. | |
| At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin. | |
| 2. adj. In the greatest or highest degree; intense. | |
| He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor. | |
| 3. adj. Excessive, or far beyond the norm. | |
| His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home. | |
| 4. adj. Drastic, or of great severity. | |
| I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security. | |
| 5. adj. Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment. | |
| Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding. | |
| 6. adj. (archaic) Ultimate, final or last. | |
| the extreme hour of life | |
| 7. n. The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition. | |
| 8. n. Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale. | |
| extremes of temperature | |
| 9. n. A drastic expedient. | |
| 10. n. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6. | |
| 11. adv. (archaic) Extremely. | |
| overstatement |
| 1. n. An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. | |
| The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts. | |
| 2. n. The tendency to overstate. | |
| She had a knack for overstatement. | |
