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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hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
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purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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