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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

rhetoric

noun

Definition

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

In a sentence

Political rhetoric can be misleading.

Similar words

  • oratory

Why this word matters: rhetoric appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.