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

WordMeaning
chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
garrulousgiven to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
exultto be extremely joyful : rejoice
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable
convoketo call together to a meeting
jauntysprightly in manner or appearance : lively
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
filthfoul or putrid matter
bulliongold or silver considered as so much metal