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 |
|---|---|
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| verge | brink |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |