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 |
|---|---|
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |