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 |
|---|---|
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| flighty | swift |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| paltry | inferior |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |