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 |
|---|---|
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |