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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| passe | past one's prime |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| engender | beget |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |