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 |
|---|---|
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |