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.

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WordMeaning
vacillateto waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
ferventvery hot : glowing
abbreviateto make briefer
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
expatriatebanish
vociferousmarked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
pettyhaving secondary rank or importance : minor
morbidof, relating to, or characteristic of disease
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as