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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offhandwithout premeditation or preparation : extempore
encumberweigh down
portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
privyprivate
propensityan often intense natural inclination or preference
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
conjectureinference formed without proof or sufficient evidence
incrustationa crust or hard coating
interrogateto question formally and systematically
winsomegenerally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence