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 |
|---|---|
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |