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 |
|---|---|
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| polity | political organization |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |