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
salubriousfavorable to or promoting health or well-being
emancipateto free from restraint, control, or the power of another
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
trancestupor
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
acclaimapplaud