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 |
|---|---|
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| antecede | precede |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |