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 |
|---|---|
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |