GRE Word List
PROLIXITY
unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
The meaning of the word prolixity is unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |