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 |
|---|---|
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| circlet | a little circle |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| apprehend | arrest |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |