Rhetorical and Simple

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Rhetorical adjective - Marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases.

Usage example: you can skip over the rhetorical passages and still get the gist of the essay

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Simple is an antonym for rhetorical.

Simple adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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Rhetorical is an antonym for simple.

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