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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| prong | fork |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |