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 |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |