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 |
|---|---|
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| throes | pang |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| fleck | streak |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |