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 |
|---|---|
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| contrive | devise |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| circlet | a little circle |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |