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 |
|---|---|
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| gazette | newspaper |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| dint | force |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |