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 |
|---|---|
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| brook | creek |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |