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 |
|---|---|
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| brazen | made of brass |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |