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 |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |