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 |
|---|---|
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| flighty | swift |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |