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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |