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 |
|---|---|
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
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| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |