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 |
|---|---|
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| provident | frugal |