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 |
|---|---|
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |