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 |
|---|---|
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |