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 |
|---|---|
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| exegesis | exposition |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |