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 |
|---|---|
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| giddy | dizzy |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |