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 |
|---|---|
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |