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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| exude | to ooze out |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |