GRE Word List
TURGID
excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic
The meaning of the word turgid is excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic.
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hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
melee | a confused struggle |
credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
overwhelm | upset |
impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |