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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WordMeaning
exchequera department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
flayto strip off the skin or surface of : skin
speechlessunable to speak : dumb
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
triflesomething of little value, substance, or importance
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
cuisinemanner of preparing food : style of cooking
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation