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 |
|---|---|
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |