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 |
|---|---|
| retract | to draw back or in |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| blackball | to vote against |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |