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 |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| significant | having meaning |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| provenance | origin |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| reverie | daydream |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
