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 |
|---|---|
| prank | trick |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| slew | a large number |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |