GRE Word List
CIRCUMLOCUTION
indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
The meaning of the word circumlocution is indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| herald | messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher |
| habituate | accustom or familiarize; addict |
| construe | explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue |
| impetus | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse |
| disaffected | disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty |
| hierarchy | arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks; body of persons having authority |
| robust | strong; vigorous |
| minute | extremely small; CF. minutes: official record of the proceedings at a meeting |
| rectify | set right; correct; CF. rect-: right |
| pinnace | small boat |
