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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voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
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awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
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beguilehoodwink
aceticvinegary
warrantedsanction
effluviuman invisible emanation
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
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