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
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
expoundto set forth : state
cartographerone that makes maps
brazenmade of brass
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
hivea container for housing honeybees
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
maritimeof, relating to, or bordering on the sea