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 |
|---|---|
| decipher | decode |
| condole | grieve |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |