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 |
|---|---|
| natal | native |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| executor | one who executes something |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| clip | encompass |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |