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 |
|---|---|
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
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| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| overwhelm | upset |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |