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 |
|---|---|
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |