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 |
|---|---|
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |