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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WordMeaning
retractto draw back or in
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
fraileasily led into evil
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
accedeto express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
smirkto smile in a smug or condescending way
manifestoa written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer