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 |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| fauna | animal life |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |