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 |
|---|---|
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |