GRE Word List
FLORID
very flowery in style : ornate
The meaning of the word florid is very flowery in style : ornate.
Random words
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| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| duration | continuance in time |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| bog | wet spongy ground |