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 |
|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| welter | writhe |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |