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 |
|---|---|
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |