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

WordMeaning
scurryto move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
throespang
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
fleckstreak
clemencydisposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless