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 |
|---|---|
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| putrefy | to make putrid |