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 |
|---|---|
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| lunar | crescent |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| entity | being |