GRE Word List

CIRCUMLOCUTION

the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea

The meaning of the word circumlocution is the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.

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WordMeaning
decipherdecode
condolegrieve
dissentto withhold assent or approval
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
engagingtending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
upshotthe final result : outcome