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 |
|---|---|
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |