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 |
|---|---|
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |