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 |
|---|---|
| flounder | flatfish |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |