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 |
|---|---|
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| canny | clever |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |