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 |
|---|---|
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |