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 |
|---|---|
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |