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 |
|---|---|
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |