Clue | Length | Answer |
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Mere rhetoric | 7 letters | sophism |
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Mere rhetoric | 8 letters | rhetoric |
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Mere rhetoric | 8 letters | solecism |
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Mere rhetoric | 9 letters | sophistry |
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Mere rhetoric | 10 letters | pretension |
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Mere rhetoric | 10 letters | weak-point |
Mere rhetoric | 11 letters | empty-words |
Mere rhetoric | 14 letters | sensationalism |
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- Prolixity
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- lexiphanicism
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- making scenes
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