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--v. 4 recompense, compensate, pay, repay, remunerate, redress,
requite, make (something or it) worth someone's while: Only if
they reward him will Fuller give information leading to the
capture of the thief.
rewarding adj. satisfying, gratifying, worthwhile, enriching, enriched,
fruitful, worthwhile; profitable, advantageous, productive,
gainful: Laurence says that his most rewarding experience has
been seeing his children again.
reword v. paraphrase, rephrase, put into different words, put another
way, express differently, revise, recast, rewrite: Perhaps if
you reworded your request in politer terms it might get more
sympathetic consideration.
18.3 rhapsodic...
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rhapsodic adj. rhapsodical, ecstatic, enthusiastic, elated, overjoyed,
effusive, rapturous, thrilled, blissful, transported, orgasmic,
intoxicated, euphoric, walking on air, delighted, intoxicated,
happy as a sandboy, happy as a pig in clover, (sitting) on top
of the world, Brit in the seventh heaven, US in seventh heaven,
happy as a cow in clover, Taboo slang US happy as a pig in shit:
What kind of society have we that is scornful of intellect and
rhapsodic about celebrities?
rhetoric n. 1 eloquence, expressiveness, elocution, way with words,
Colloq gift of the gab: His rhetoric, though it defied
analysis, exactly reflected the emotions of the Labour movement.
2 bombast, bluster, fustian, rodomontade, grandiloquence,
magniloquence, oratory, windiness, high-flown poppycock,
wordiness, sesquipedality, verbosity, prolixity,
long-windedness, turgidity, flatulence, gasconade, Colloq hot
air, puffery: Her threats are mere rhetoric and I refuse to
take notice of them.
rhetorical
adj. 1 stylistic, linguistic, poetic, expressive, oratorical:
Zeugma, hysteron proteron, and anacoluthon are all terms for
rhetorical devices. 2 artificial, contrived, for effect,