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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| append | attach |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |