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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |