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

WordMeaning
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
uninhibitedfree from inhibition
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
politypolitical organization
gadflyany of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
pendulouspoised without visible support
disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
groucha fit of bad temper