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 |
|---|---|
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| concatenate | linked together |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| billow | wave |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| flounder | flatfish |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |