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 |
|---|---|
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| indite | make up |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| skimp | skimpy |