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 |
|---|---|
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| puerile | juvenile |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |