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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |