GRE Word List
VERBIAGE
a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
The meaning of the word verbiage is a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |