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 |
|---|---|
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |