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 |
|---|---|
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| paramour | lover |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |