GRE Word List
VERBOSE
containing more words than necessary : wordy
The meaning of the word verbose is containing more words than necessary : wordy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |