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 |
|---|---|
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| compulsory | mandatory |