GRE Word List
VERBOSE
containing more words than necessary : wordy
The meaning of the word verbose is containing more words than necessary : wordy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| fester | to generate pus |