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 |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| provident | frugal |
| evenhanded | fair |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |