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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |