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 |
|---|---|
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |