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VERBOSE

containing more words than necessary : wordy

The meaning of the word verbose is containing more words than necessary : wordy.

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caldrona large kettle or boiler
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
slaughterthe act of killing
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
mediateoccupying a middle position
aceticvinegary
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both